Fig 1.
Growth of maize influenced by foliar applied growth promoting agents and sowing dates.
Fig 2.
Growth of maize influenced by foliar applied growth promoting agents and sowing dates.
Table 1.
Gaseous exchange attributes of maize influenced by foliar applied growth promoting agents and sowing dates.
Fig 3.
Chlorophyll a, b and membrane stability index of maize influenced by foliar applied growth promoting agents and sowing dates.
Fig 4.
Antioxidant enzymes of maize influenced by foliar applied growth promoting agents and sowing dates.
Fig 5.
Phenolic and total soluble sugars of maize influenced by foliar applied growth promoting agents and sowing dates.
Table 2.
Yield and related attributes of maize influenced by foliar applied growth promoting agents and sowing dates.
Fig 6.
Principal component analysis among foliar applied growth promoting agents, sowing dates and physiological, yield, and related attributes of maize.
Clustering of variables has been shown according to highest cosine values on F1 (blue shading) and F2 (red shading). T0: Control; T1: Water spray; T2: SWE+H2O2; T3: MLE+H2O2; T4: ASA+SA+H2O2; T5: SWE+ASA+SA+H2O2; S1: Early sowing; S2: Optimum sowing; CD: Cob diameter; GW: 1000-grain weight; GC: Grains per cob; CP: Cobs per plant; SC: Stomatal conductance; TR: Transpiration rate; ICC: Internal CO2 concentration; BY: Biological yield; GY: Grain yield; PR: Photosynthesis rate.