Characterization of indigenous populations of cannabis in Iran: a morphological and phenological study

BMC Plant Biology

Table 2 Summary statistics based on 14 morphological traits in 25 native cannabis populations of iran, differentiated by female and male plants

Trait	Unit	Gender	Mean ± SD	Range	CV%	Significance
LMI	cm	Female	26.6 ± 7.05	33.7	26.5	***
LMI	cm	Male	33.03 ± 10.74	39.3	32.51	***
PT	1 to 4	Female	3.22 ± 0.62	2	19.31	**
PT	1 to 4	Male	2.95 ± 0.74	3	25.16	***
SDH	mm	Female	14.4 ± 2.8	17.2	19.23	***
SDH	mm	Male	11.7 ± 2.63	13.3	22.5	***
HH	cm	Female	155.1 ± 35.66	189.2	22.99	***
HH	cm	Male	153.5 ± 38.22	207.9	24.89	***
NNH	number	Female	28.75 ± 3.11	18	10.81	***
NNH	number	Male	27.8 ± 4.05	18.6	14.55	***
LIMTH	cm	Female	12.66 ± 3.5	18.2	27.58	***
LIMTH	cm	Male	13.05 ± 3.27	16.9	25.06	***
NLS	number	Female	23.7 ± 4.76	24.5	20.08	***
NLS	number	Male	22.26 ± 5.67	32	25.46	***
HGV	cm	Female	58.3 ± 19.05	100	32.66	***
HGV	cm	Male	53.25 ± 19.62	115	36.84	**
FWF	g	Female	88.35 ± 37	160.5	41.88	ns
FWF	g	Male	28.99 ± 13.25	64.3	45.71	***
DWF	g	Female	26.77 ± 11.05	44.9	41.27	ns
DWF	g	Male	10.33 ± 4.58	18.65	44.32	***
TFW	g	Female	278.38 ± 63.74	316.6	22.9	***
TFW	g	Male	151.34 ± 74.59	332.65	49.28	***
TDW	g	Female	115.43 ± 32.08	159.12	27.79	**
TDW	g	Male	62.22 ± 29.12	129.78	46.8	***
HI	%	Female	26.33 ± 15	68.22	56.95	**
HI	%	Male	-	-	-	-
RGR	g.g^− 1.day^− 1	Female	0.069 ± 0.0095	0.05	13.85	***
RGR	g.g^− 1.day^− 1	Male	0.074 ± 0.0113	0.074	15.28	***

Mean ± standard deviation; CV: coefficient of variation; range = maximum value − minimum value; ns, *, ** and *** indicate significant differences at not significant, P ≤ 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001, respectively. Abbreviations; DWF: Dry Weight of Flowers, FWF: Fresh Weight of Flowers, HGV: Height to GV Point, HH: Height on Harvest day, HI: Harvest Index, LIMTH: Length of Internode in the Middle Third of the main stem on Harvest day, LMI: Length of Main Inflorescence, NLS: Number of Lateral Shoot, NNH: Number of Nodes on the main stem on Harvest day, PT: Plant Type (1 to 4), RGR: Relative Growth Rate, SDH: Stem Diameter on Harvest day, TDW: Total Dry Weight, TFW: Total Fresh Weight

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