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    • Properties Value
      pH 8
      EC (dS m−1) 1.8
      Available phosphorus (ppm) 10.4
      Potassium (ppm) 180
      Organic matter (%) 0.49
      Texture Loam

      Table 1. 

      Pre-experiment soil analysis.

    • Treatments Germination time (d) No. of grains cob−1 1,000-grain weight (g) Grain yield (t ha−1) Biological yield (t ha−1)
      Control 7.85 c 292.1 d 197.7 e 3.92 e 12.66 e
      SC with SSP 8.44 a 316.0 c 216.7 de 5.07 d 15.29 d
      SC with DAP 8.35 ab 308.9 cd 208.3 e 4.87 d 14.27 d
      BP with SSP 7.79 cd 358.0 b 236.0 bcd 6.79 c 17.66 bc
      BP with DAP 7.70 d 355.6 b 232.0 cd 6.39 c 17.02 c
      SC with SSP + BP with SSP 8.41 ab 382.9 a 260.3 a 7.72 a 19.33 a
      SC with SSP + BP with DAP 8.36 ab 359.4 b 236.7 bcd 6.90 bc 18.96 ab
      SC with DAP + BP with SSP 8.39 ab 366.6ab 253.7 ab 7.40 ab 18.59 ab
      SC with DAP + BP with DAP 8.31 b 361.7ab 237.3 bc 6.96 bc 18.78 ab
      LSD value 0.119 22.52 20.25 0.60 1.45
      SSP-single super superphosphate. DAP-diammonium phosphate.

      Table 2. 

      Effect of seed coating (SC) and band placement (BP) of phosphorous on yield and yield-related parameters.

    • Treatments Plant P
      concentration (%)      		 Plant P
      uptake (%)      		 PUE (%)
      Control 0.08 e 10.77 f 0.000 f
      SC with SSP 0.14 d 22.02 e 11.25 e
      SC with DAP 0.13 d 19.05 e 8.283 e
      BP with SSP 0.21 bc 37.19 cd 21.14 cd
      BP with DAP 0.19 c 33.52 d 18.19 d
      SC with SSP + BP with SSP 0.25 a 49.23 a 30.76 a
      SC with SSP + BP with DAP 0.22 abc 42.55 bc 25.42 bc
      SC with DAP + BP with SSP 0.23 ab 43.66 ab 26.31 ab
      SC with DAP + BP with DAP 0.22 abc 41.71 bc 24.75 bc
      LSD value 0.0349 5.85 5.02
      SSP-single super superphosphate. DAP-diammonium phosphate.

      Table 3. 

      Effect of seed coating (SC) and band placement (BP) of phosphorus (P) on plant P concentration, plant P uptake and phosphorus use efficiency (PUE).

    • Treatment Seed oil
      content (%)      		 Seed protein
      content (%)
      Control 3.30 b 6.28 e
      SC with SSP 3.69 ab 8.09 cd
      SC with DAP 3.46 ab 7.84 d
      BP with SSP 3.79 a 8.82 abc
      BP with DAP 3.85 a 8.50 bcd
      SC with SSP + BP with SSP 2.28 d 9.54 a
      SC with SSP + BP with DAP 3.49 ab 8.53 bcd
      SC with DAP + BP with SSP 2.57 cd 9.17 ab
      SC with DAP + BP with DAP 2.80 c 8.90 ab
      LSD value 0.4471 0.765
      SSP-single super superphosphate. DAP-diammonium phosphate.

      Table 4. 

      Effect of seed coating (SC) and band placement (BP) of phosphorus on the seed quality.