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Table 6 Correlation coefficient matrix of the relationship among yield components and grain yield

From: The effect of N fertilizer rates on agronomic parameters, yield components and yields of maize grown on Alfisols of North-western Ethiopia

 

Number of kernels per ear

Shelling percentage

1000-grain weight

Number of ears per plant

Shelling percentage

0.041ns

   

1000-grain weight

0.02ns

0.08ns

  

Number of ears per plant

0.27**

0.05ns

0.12*

 

Grain yield

0.74**

0.30**

0.31**

0.53**

  1. *,** significant at 5 % and 1 % probability levels, respectively; ns non-significant at 5 % probability level; n = 400