Table 1: Effect of the two management options of fertilizers (MOFs) on number of panicle per meter square (PAN), spikelet fertility (FER in %) and harvest index (HI in %) Fertilizer treatments Sahel 108 Pusa Basmati Sahel 329 Sahel 177 Sahel 328 PAN FER HI PAN FER HI PAN FER HI PAN FER HI PAN FER HI MOF 1: NP N (0 kg ha) 281 d 90.3 a 0.57 b 272 d 72.7 b 0.46 b 315 c 80.3 a 0.50 b 356 d 75.4 b 0.49 b 311 d 75.5 b 0.52 a N (60 kg ha) 375 c 83.2 b 0.62 a 375 b 78.5 a 0.54 a 338 c 78.8 a 0.50 b 344 d 74.3 b 0.55 a 362 c 84.5 a 0.53 a N (90 kg ha) 421 a 87.8 a 0.64 a 342 c 69.9 b 0.44 b 373 b 77.8 a 0.59 a 371 c 83.7 a 0.56 a 357 c 80.5 a 0.51 ab N (120 kg ha) 423 a 83.8 b 0.63 a 418 b 65.3 b 0.45 b 406 a 76.0 ab 0.49 b 453 a 77.6 b 0.57 a 315 d 87.2 a 0.53 a N (150 kg ha) 384 c 63.5 c 0.35 c 339 c 67.8 b 0.43 b 400 a 78.0 a 0.53 b 369 71.0 b 0.53 ab 367 c 75.4 b 0.48 b MOF 2: NPK N (0 kg ha) 284 d 82.2 b 0.54 b 335 c 71.4 b 0.45 b 284 d 79.8 a 0.50 b 272 e 73.5 b 0.53 ab 330 d 76.3 b 0.52 a N (60 kg ha) 396 b 84.9 b 0.60 a 322 c 68.4 b 0.33 c 339 c 77.5 a 0.54 ab 324 d 61.6 c 0.55 a 355 c 78.3 a 0.53 a N (90 kg ha) 383 c 82.1 b 0.57 ab 395 b 67.9 b 0.44 b 375 b 78.6 a 0.47 b 352 d 73.1 b 0.51 b 338 d 76.3 b 0.53 a N (120 kg ha) 415 a 86.6 a 0.59 a 405 b 63.1 c 0.42 b 386 b 72.0 b 0.49 b 389 c 71.2 b 0.55 a 449 b 68.8 c 0.49 ab N (150 kg ha) 425 a 86.2 a 0.59 a 463 a 70.7 b 0.43 b 423 a 71.2 b 0.51 b 414 b 75.8 b 0.49 b 524 a 80.1 a 0.54 a *On the same column, numbers followed by the same letters are statistically equal (P≥0.05)