Table 3: Effect of polythene mulch on different yield contributing parameters and yield attribute of sunflower (Hellinathus annus L.).
Treatment | Head diameter (cm) | Seed per head | Weight of 200 seeds (g) | Seed yield (kg/ha) | Straw yield | Root fresh weight of (gm) | P content of seed (%) | P content of stover (%) |
T1 | 15.1bc | 1251f | 14.8b | 446e | 1.9cd | 256d | 0.17cd | 0.04cde |
T2 | 13.0cd | 1498d | 12.9cd | 416e | 1.8d | 159f | 0.15e | 0.05a |
T3 | 14.5c | 1692c | 11.7d | 505de | 2.7c | 195e | 0.15de | 0.04cd |
T4 | 17.7ab | 1922b | 16.3a | 2190c | 7.5ab | 355c | 0.21b | 0.04bc |
T5 | 11.1d | 789g | 14.4bc | 559d | 2.1cd | 160f | 0.23a | 0.03def |
T6 | 18.6a | 1924b | 13.7bc | 2428b | 7.7ab | 449a | 0.13f | 0.03f |
T7 | 14.6d | 1378e | 13.3bcd | 596d | 1.7d | 204e | 0.18c | 0.05b |
T8 | 19.1a | 2188a | 13.6bc | 2587a | 8.3a | 418b | 0.12f | 0.03ef |
CV | 10.5 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 10.3 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 8.1 |
SE (±) | 0.94 | 35.1 | 0.52 | 34.9 | 0.15 | 5.8 | 0.002 | 0.002 |
Note: Different letters in a column indicates statistically significant different at 5% level by DMRT.