Foliar application of sodium selenate induces regulation in yield formation, grain quality characters and 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline biosynthesis in fragrant rice

Table 1 Effect of sodium selenite on grain yield in fragrant rice

Variety	Treatment	Panicle number per hill	Grains number per panicle	Seed-setting rate (%)	1000-grain weight (g)	Grain yield (g pot⁻¹)
Meixiangzhan-2
	CK	10.60a	128.20a	77.55b	19.22c	61.00c
	Se1	10.06a	129.10a	78.09b	19.50b	62.22bc
	Se2	10.34a	126.81a	80.02ab	19.65b	64.33b
	Se3	10.35a	131.99a	83.07a	20.02a	68.11a
	Se4	10.73a	129.21a	79.88ab	19.65b	64.22b
	Se5	10.13a	127.79a	76.95b	19.33c	60.89c
Xiangyaxiangzhan
	CK	10.58a	120.54a	76.25b	19.18c	55.56c
	Se1	10.52a	123.16a	78.89ab	19.54b	58.56b
	Se2	10.63a	121.27a	80.95a	19.99a	61.44a
	Se3	9.98a	122.95a	81.78a	19.79ab	61.43a
	Se4	10.48a	119.47a	79.17ab	19.54b	58.78b
	Se5	10.63a	122.09a	77.36b	18.88c	55.44c
Analysis of variance
Selenium (Se)		ns	ns	**	**	**
Variety (V)		ns	**	ns	ns	**
Se × V		ns	ns	ns	*	*

Different letters indicate statistical significance at the P = 0.05 level for the same variety. Same as below

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