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Table 3 Variance analysis of morphological and root traits for sensitive and tolerant genotypes at different levels of drought stress

From: Investigation of the morphological, physiological, biochemical, and catabolic characteristics and gene expression under drought stress in tolerant and sensitive genotypes of wild barley [Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum (K. Koch) Asch. & Graebn.]

Sources of variation

Degrees of freedom

Mean Square

Root length

Root

fresh weight

Root dry weight

Seedling length

Seedling fresh weight

Seedling dry weight

Genotype (G)

1

117.556*

0.111**

0.002**

40.5**

0.333**

0.804**

Stress treatment (S)

2

627.056**

0.289**

0.021**

312**

2.379**

1.502**

G × S

2

40.056*

0.008**

0.001**

6*

0.023*

0.05**

Error

12

8.889

0.001

0.000001

1.5

0.005

0.003

CV%

 

4.92%

6.50%

5.57%

3.55%

4.91%

5.35%

  1. * and ** indicate significance at the 5% and 1% probability levels, respectively.