[Retracted] The Impact of Seeding Density and Nitrogen Rates on Forage Yield and Quality of Avena sativa L

Table 2

Interactive effect of seed rate and nitrogen level on germination count, plant height, numbers of leaves, and leaf area per tiller of forage oat.

Treatments	Germination count (m^-2)	Plant height (cm)	Number of leaves (m^-2)	Leaf area per tiller (cm^2)	Fresh weight (kg m^-2)	Dry weight (g m^-2)
Seed rate (S)
S1	108.42 C	104.45 B	20.180 B	110.08 B	3.8267 C	897.7 B
S2	125.19 B	108.1 AB	20.780 B	118.32 A	4.2200 B	845.3 B
S3	138.77 A	111.37 A	22.060 A	100.02 C	4.5067 A	1034.7 A
LSD	3.8	1.8	0.32	2.33	0.34	45.13
Nitrogen doses (N)
N1	119.93 NS	92.51 D	19.667 D	107.00 B	2.7889 E	457.6 C
N2	118.64	103.48 C	17.756 E	117.81 A	3.7444 D	468.1 C
N3	123.08	105.32 C	20.956 C	121.95 A	4.3333 C	1008.9 B
N4	128.47	116.71 B	22.756 B	94.91 de	4.9556 B	1342.0 A
N5	130.61	121.90 A	23.900 A	96.54 de	5.1000 A	1353.0 A
LSD 0.05	4.91	2.33	0.42	90.54 e	0.44	58.26
S1N1	109.97 NS	94.43 g	17.50 g	115.91 ab	2.47 k	403.0 e
S1N2	103.23	94.37 g	17.67 fg	121.61 a	3.23 h	459.7 e
S1N3	101.70	96.33 fg	20.63 d	102.15 cd	4.03 fg	962.7 cd
S1N4	115.97	115.70 abc	22.20 c	104.71 cd	4.63 d	1317.3 b
S1N5	111.23	121.40 ab	22.90 bc	104.58 cd	4.77 d	1346.0 b
S2N1	111.2	91.37 g	17.43 g	115.78 ab	2.87 j	494.0 e
S2N2	114.53	104.50 ef	19.10 ef	123.18 a	3.90 g	470.7 e
S2N3	129.13	106.30 de	20.03 de	107.38 bc	4.33 e	1167.3 bc
S2N4	131.23	115.57 abc	23.03 abc	121.54 a	4.93 c	1016.7 cd
S2N5	139.87	122.97 a	24.30 ab	119.88 a	5.07 c	1348.3 b
S3N1	138.33	91.73 g	18.33 fg	121.74 a	3.03 i	475.7 e
S3N2	138.17	111.57 cde	22.23 c	121.08 a	4.10 f	474.0 e
S3N3	138.4	113.33 bcd	22.20 c	10.65	4.63 d	896.7 d
S3N4	138.2	118.87 abc	23.03 abc	110.77	5.30 b	1692.0 a
S3N5	140.73	121.33 ab	24.50 a		5.47 a	1364.7 b
LSD 0.05	17.44	8.29	1.48		0.16	206.7
Mean	124.13	107.98	21		4.18	19.32

Here, , , , , , , , and . Means sharing similar letters within a column are statistically nonsignificant.