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Table 1 Grain yield and yield components of the rice cultivar YD-6 subjected to various soil moisture treatments 1)

From: Role of brassinosteroids in rice spikelet differentiation and degeneration under soil-drying during panicle development

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Soil moisture treatment

WW

MD

SD

Total number of spikelets (×  103 m−2)

29.5 ± 0.69 b 2)

33.6 ± 0.93 a

18.9 ± 0.38 c

Fully filled grains (%)

88.8 ± 2.15 a

89.9 ± 1.12 a

72.7 ± 3.04 b

1000-grain weight (g)

27.8 ± 0.53 a

27.5 ± 0.54 a

28.0 ± 0.68 a

Grain yield (g m− 2)

730 ± 32.3 b

828 ± 22.3 a

385 ± 25.6 c

  1. 1)The treatments were well-watered (WW), moderate soil-drying (MD) and severe soil-drying (SD) during young panicle development
  2. 2)Data are means ± standard error of six independent measurements and values with different letters indicate statistical difference at P = 0.05 within the same row