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Table 1 Growth attributes of five common bean varieties as influenced by different soil moisture levels under a shade house, 2019

From: Phenotypic and yield responses of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris l.) varieties to different soil moisture levels

Varieties

Leaf fresh weight (g) Per plant

Leaf dry weight (g) Per plant

Leaf Area (cm2) per plant

Internode length (cm)

Shoot dry weight

root dry weight

Shoot to root ratio

Chercher

7.62b

1.68c

481.82

2.61d

7.23c

1.43

5.09d

Ado

8.81b

1.99abc

473.15

6.06c

8.42b

1.20

6.92bc

Kufanzik

8.61b

1.81bc

536.67

9.72b

8.22bc

1.27

6.49 cd

Awash-1

11.54a

2.16a

587.67

12.90a

11.15a

1.31

8.68a

Hirna

10.92a

2.10a

557.27

5.92c

10.53a

1.38

8.10ab

LSD(0.05)

1.56

0.37

115.24

1.42

1.22

0.27

1.71

SE

0.77

0.18

56.824

0.70

0.60

0.13

0.84

Moisture level

 Moisture deficit

9.20b

1.79b

485.89b

6.24b

8.81b

1.24b

7.42b

 Waterlogging

6.36c

1.42c

392.00c

6.90b

12.54a

1.45a

8.89a

 Control

12.93a

2.64a

704.06a

9.18a

5.97c

1.26ab

4.86c

 LSD (0.05)

1.21

0.28

89.26

1.10

0.95

0.20

1.32

 CV (%)

17.21

19.83

22.86

19.98

14.11

21.40

25.35

 SE

0.59

0.14

44.01

0.54

0.46

0.10

0.65

 Interaction

Ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

  1. Means sharing the same letter in a column of treatment are not statistically significant at the 95% confidence level based on the least significance difference (LSD) comparison method
  2. CV coefficient of variance