Effect of Zinc and Magnesium Fertilizers on the Yield and Some Characteristics of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Seeds in Two Years

Table 1

Combined analysis of the traits measured in the examination of different levels of zinc and magnesium, years 2012–2013.

Sources of variation	df	Mean square of traits
		GER	PLH	TIL	ZNC	MNG	PRC	HEC	TKW	YLD
Year	1	1289.6	1390.29	3.63	22.74^ns	11.14^ns	11.99	1.37	2677.59	28.78
R (year)	4	136.5	123.852	0.17	37.17	17.96	1.07	0.004	35.51	13.10
Zinc (factor A)	3	30.41	87.26	0.28	31.74	47.24	0.48	0.02	52.97	0.893
LA	3	8.2^ns	6.74^ns	0.02^ns	2.36^ns	13.02	2.92	0.008	11.97^ns	0.09^ns
Magnesium (factor B)	3	4.85^ns	10.48^ns	0.02^ns	74.23	43.40	0.20^ns	0.008	77.47	4.996
LB	3	2.17^ns	8.13^ns	0.01^ns	0.36^ns	1.40^ns	0.79	0.001^ns	35.75	0.077^ns
AB	9	2.36^ns	11.82^ns	0.03^ns	0.71^ns	2.15^ns		0.001^ns	12.05^ns	2.222
LAB	9	2.12^ns	4.82^ns	0.05^ns	0.25^ns	0.84^ns	0.71	0.002^ns	6.85^ns	0.016^ns
Error	60	4.00	5.97	0.028	1.27	3.91	0.08	0.002	10.97	0.225
CV%-		2.10	3.04%	5.82%	2.48	2.29	7.59	13.24	12.80	6.99

Symbols ^ns,, and denote nonsignificant and significant at the 5% and 1% probability levels, respectively. GER: germination, PLH: plant height, TIL: tillering, ZNC: concentrations of zinc, MNG: magnesium in seeds, PRC: protein content, HEC: hectoliter weight, TKW: 1000-seed weight, and YLD: yield.