Table 4
Effect of enhanced UV-B treatment on soybean yield and yield components.
Cultivars Light treatments Yield per plant (g) Pod number per plant Seed number per plant Seed number per pod Seed size (mg)
H339 UV-B 12.3** 23.1** 48** 2.06 256**
CK 20.2 32.8 70 2.12 289
HN35 UV-B 8.9** 26.5** 50** 1.89 175**
CK 15.2 38.1 75 1.98 202
KN18 UV-B 7.7** 27.3** 58** 2.11 132**
CK 15.6 48.3 104 2.16 150
CK and UV-B mean ambient light and UV-B radiation. * Mean significant difference in same soybean cultivar under different light treatments at the 0.05 probability level.
** Mean significant difference in same soybean cultivar under different light treatments at the 0.01 probability level.