Number of productive and unproductive tillers of black rice per hill.

Table 2: Number of productive and unproductive tillers of black rice per hill.

Planting Distance	Productive tillers per hill		Unproductive tillers per hills		Total number of tillers per hill
Planting Distance	Wet	Dry	Wet	Dry	Wet	Dry
15 cm × 15 cm	8.50^b	6.53^b	2.13	2.07	10.40^b	6.53^b
15 cm × 20 cm	9.37^a	8.40^a	2.50	1.03	11.87^a	8.40^a
20 cm × 20 cm	11.17^a	9.63^a	3.03	1.40	14.03^a	9.63^a
20 cm × 25 cm	13.10^a	9.83^a	2.37	1.50	15.47^a	9.83^a
ANOVA	^*	^**	ns	ns	^**	^**
C.V.	-	-	23.24	24.24	-
DMRT	2.61	2.23	-	-	3.18

Note: Means with common letter are statistically comparable
*Significant @ 5% level; **Highly Significant @ 1% level