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Table 4 Variance analysis of physiological 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

Chlorophyll a

Chlorophyll b

Carotenoids

Total chlorophyll

Genotype (G)

1

26.859**

8.086**

0.268**

62.258**

Stress treatment (S)

2

28.2**

8.583**

0.689**

67.988**

G × S

2

1.08**

1.023**

0.017**

4.091**

Error

12

0.155

0.034

0.002

0.499

CV%

 

9.58%

7.32%

7.04%

10.71%

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