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Table 3 Quantitative genetic partitioning of variation and significance of effects across drought and control treatments, and Pearson correlation coefficients for across-treatment genotypic correlations (r GE ) for each trait. Standard error is indicated in parenthesis. Estimates of r GE for all traits are significantly different than 0, as indicated by a significant effect of Genotype; r GE for above- and below-ground biomass, root:shoot ratio, and fruit production are significantly less than 1, as indicated by significant effects of genotype × treatment interactions

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

Random effects

Fixed effect

Cross env corr.

Trait

Block(treatment)

Genotype

Genotype × treatment

IRGA ID

Residual

Treatment

r GE

      

df

F

 

A

1.0489 (0.6012)‡

24.6608 (3.7907)**

0 (0)NS

25.2078 (20.6757) NS

52.363 (1.9286)**

F1, 13.9

1.83NS

0.79

Fv'/Fm'

0.00004 (0.00002)‡

0.004 (0.0006)**

0.000004 (0.00004) NS

0.001 (0.0008) NS

0.002 (0.00007)**

F1, 13.9

0.10NS

0.94

gs (mol m-2 s-1)

0.0008 (0.0004)‡

0.004 (0.0007)**

0 (0)NS

0.005 (0.004) NS

0.02 (0.0007)**

F1, 13.9

10.52§

0.59

W g

8.147 (5.031)†

48.858 (11.887)**

0 (0)NS

0 (.)NS

516.8 (19.030)**

F1, 14

16.4§

0.37

δ13C

0.032 (0.032) NS

1.361 (0.4875)§

0 (0)NS

--

0.532 (0.063)**

F1, 10.3

0.84NS

0.83

LMA (g m-2)

2.270 (1.813)NS

27.552 (6.051)**

0 (0)NS

--

182.32 (7.717)**

F1, 9.44

6.88‡

0.49

Above-ground biomass (g)

16.732 (6.578)§

76.132 (11.384)**

10.403 (2.784)*

--

69.470 (2.678)

F1, 15.2

18.73*

0.89

Below-ground biomass (g)

0.009 (0.004)

0.099 (0.015)**

0.012 (0.004)*

--

0.098 (0.004)

F1, 16.5

12.09§

0.90

Root:Shoot ratio

0.00002 (0.000009)‡

0.00004 (0.00001)**

0.00003 (0.00001)§

--

0.0003 (0.00001)**

F1, 16.2

21.57*

0.42

Leaf area (cm2)

2.393 (1.271)‡

25.084 (4.440)**

2.280 (1.798) NS

--

48.864 (2.182)**

F1, 11

9.76§

0.70

Plant height (cm)

5.308 (2.570)‡

94.227 (13.967)**

2.292 (3.182) NS

--

148.64 (5.635)**

F1, 14.4

22.41*

0.80

Fruit production (number of fruits)

384.17 (162.83)§

5832.09 (887.96)**

1227.68 (251.17)**

--

4857.45 (183.6)**

F1, 19.7

59.06**

0.90

Days to flowering

0.3736 (0.166)‡

4.074 (0.596)**

0 (.)NS

--

6.8388 (0.243)**

F1, 13.9

1.88NS

0.74

  1. A photosynthetic rate, Fv'/Fm' chlorophyll fluorescence in light, g s stomatal conductance, E transpiration rate, W g intrinsic water use efficiency (A/g s ), δ 13 C carbon isotope composition, N area nitrogen concentration on a leaf area basis, LMA leaf mass per area, NSnot significant, † P < 0.1,‡ P < 0.05, § P < 0.01, * P < 0.001,** P < 0.0001