Table 2 Effects of La application on grain yield, effective panicle number, grain number per panicle, seed-setting rate, 1000-grain weight and total yield of aromatic rice in the second experiment

Cultivar	Treatment	Grain yield (g pot⁻¹)	Effective panicle number per pot	Grain number per panicle	Seed-setting rate (%)	1000-grain weight (g)	Total yield (g pot⁻¹)
Meixiangzhan-2
	CK	53.46 ± 2.18b	28.67 ± 1.03a	133.12 ± 0.39c	71.31 ± 0.21b	19.92 ± 0.03a	19.68 ± 0.04b
	La40	56.32 ± 1.01ab	27.00 ± 2.84a	130.23 ± 0.50bc	75.46 ± 0.56a	20.08 ± 0.02a	18.63 ± 0.02b
	La80	59.99 ± 1.30a	27.67 ± 0.81a	138.81 ± 1.13ab	75.33 ± 0.44a	19.86 ± 0.03a	22.63 ± 0.06a
	La100	58.08 ± 0.65ab	29.67 ± 1.93a	141.83 ± 0.85a	72.24 ± 0.22b	20.18 ± 0.03a	22.31 ± 0.04a
Xiangyaxiangzhan
	CK	53.94 ± 1.74bc	28.33 ± 1.69a	129.83 ± 0.36b	71.40 ± 0.39b	20.47 ± 0.05a	21.35 ± 0.07b
	La40	53.17 ± 0.38c	26.67 ± 2.44a	137.03 ± 0.44ab	72.67 ± 0.36ab	20.10 ± 0.03a	22.09 ± 0.02b
	La80	59.52 ± 1.71a	28.67 ± 2.16a	135.95 ± 0.42ab	75.04±0.28	20.08 ± 0.04a	24.89 ± 0.02a
	La100	58.97 ± 1.35ab	28.33 ± 2.59a	140.75 ± 0.97a	73.49 ± 0.73ab	20.07 ± 0.01a	25.36 ± 0.04a

Values (means ± SEs) of each treatment were obtained from three independent replications (n = 3). Different letters indicate significant differences among the treatments (P < 0.05, least significant difference test)