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Table 2 Mean performance of agronomic and drought stress related physiological traits

From: Genotypic variation in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] exotic germplasm collections for drought and disease tolerance

Environment

Plant height (cm)

Chlorophyll content (SPAD value)

PS II quantum yield

LT (°C)

Days to flowering

Grain yield (g plant-1)

HI

Dry land

175.3b*

44.59b

0.751b

37.06a

81.89a

20.79b

0.35b

 

(60.10-297.51) †

(22.66-61.92)

(0.70-0.78)

(33.83 - 40.4)

(59.10-101.2)

(4.81-66.40)

(0.02-0.37)

Irrigated

222.2a

48.84a

0.759a

36.09b

81.53a

37.62a

0.42a

 

(72.53-365.21)

(25.04-63.65)

(0.61-0.79)

(34.23-42.46)

(60.12-104.41)

(7.12-77.97)

(0.03-0.45)

LSD (0.05)

5.72

0.71

0.0045

0.58

0.91

0.88

0.1

  1. SPAD = chlorophyll content; LT = leaf temperature; HI = harvest index; *Means followed by same letters in a column are not significantly different at LSD (P < 0.05); †Values in the parentheses indicate the mean range.