Table 8 The impact of water treatment and zinc level as well as the interaction between them on heading, maturity, plant height, spikes number/m2, spike length and spike weight of wheat cultivar.

From: Influence of zinc foliar spray on growth, some important physiological processes, yield and yield attributes of bread wheat under water stress

Parameter

Heading (days)

Maturity (days)

Plant height (cm)

No. of spikes/m2

Spike length (cm)

Spike weight (g)

Season

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

A. Irrigation

 Control

70.25

68.17

123.92

120.36

99.0

95.74

299.75

287.76

13.28

12.75

3.92

3.73

 Water stress

68.50

66.80

121.50

118.47

85.17

83.11

266.92

256.24

10.63

10.20

3.66

3.58

 F test

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

**

**

*

*

B. Zn levels ppm

 0

67.83c

65.12d

121.33c

116.48d

84.83d

81.44c

245.00d

235.20d

7.98c

7.66d

2.98c

2.86c

 100

68.83b

66.42c

122.17b

117.88c

91.67c

88.43b

265.50c

254.88c

12.21b

11.72c

3.74b

3.61b

 250

70.00a

68.44b

123.50a

120.87b

93.83b

91.63b

295.00b

283.20b

13.45ab

12.91b

3.88b

3.80b

 500

70.83a

69.96a

123.83a

122.43a

98a

96.20a

327.83a

314.72a

14.18a

13.62a

4.56a

4.35a

 F test

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

**

C. Interactions

 A × B

ns

ns

ns

ns

*

*

**

**

*

*

*

*

  1. Based on CoHort/CoStat software, Version 6.311, various letters point to substantial variance between treatments at p 0.05, *significant at 0.05 possibility levels and **significant at 0.05 possibility levels.
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