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Table 1 Quantitative genetic partitioning and significance of effects for leaf gas-exchange, vegetative, and reproductive traits for genotypes of B. rapa within the well-watered (WW) and drought (DR) treatments. Standard errors are indicated in parentheses

From: Genotypic variation in biomass allocation in response to field drought has a greater affect on yield than gas exchange or phenology

Trait

WW VG (SE)

WW block effect (SE)

WW VG/VP

DR treatment VG (SE)

DR block effect (SE)

DR VG/VP

A (μmol m-2 s-1)

21.10 (3.71)**

1.16 (0.88) NS

0.21

25.24 (4.66)**

1.09 (0.96) NS

0.24

Fv'/Fm'

0.004 (0.00)**

0.000 (0.000) NS

0.54

0.005 (0.0007)**

0.00003 (0.00003) NS

0.67

gs (mol m-2 s-1)

0.003 (0.0008)**

0.001 (0.001) NS

0.09

0.004 (0.0009)**

0.0009 (0.0006) NS

0.14

W g

34.49 (16.63)**

6.79 (6.96) NS

0.05

60.72 (17.20)**

10.29 (7.59) NS

0.14

δ13C

1.29 (0.49)**

0.004 (0.04) NS

0.64

1.31 (0.4835)**

0.05 (0.05) NS

0.75

LMA (g m-2)

29.57 (8.52)**

1.77 (2.23) NS

0.13

17.641 (7.08)**

3.02 (3.03) NS

0.09

Above-ground biomass (g)

118.53 (17.46)**

30.05 (16.6)‡

0.46

42.52 (6.12)**

4.84 (2.74)‡

0.57

Below-ground biomass (g)

0.16 (0.02)**

0.02 (0.008)‡

0.48

0.06 (0.008)**

0.005 (0.003)‡

0.61

Root:Shoot ratio

0.00003 (0.000008)**

0.00002 (0.00001)‡

0.13

0.0001 (0.00002)**

0.00002 (0.00001) NS

0.20

Leaf area (cm2)

39.14 (6.66)**

4.38 (3.13) NS

0.36

10.96 (2.39)**

0.47 (0.49) NS

0.25

Plant height (cm)

103.84 (15.65)**

4.30 (2.87) NS

0.46

84.3845 (15.0446)**

6.21 (4.31) NS

0.31

Fruit production (number of fruits)

10672 (1502.06)**

526.17 (317.08)‡

0.57

3095.72 (441.96)**

206.77 (121.81)‡

0.57

Days to flowering

3.91 (0.66)**

0.57 (0.34)‡

0.30

4.76 (0.77)**

0.23 (0.16) NS

0.39

  1. V G among-genotypic variance, V G /V P among-genotypic variance divided by total phenotypic variance, A, photosynthetic rate, Fv'/Fm' chlorophyll fluorescence in light, g s stomatal conductance, W g intrinsic water use efficiency (A/g s ), δ 13 C carbon isotope composition, LMA leaf mass per area, ‡ P < 0.05, **P < 0.0001, NS not significant