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Table 3 Total root length (cm), area (cm2), surface area (cm2), root volume (cm3), root diameter (mm), and number for tomato grown under soil water contents of 75–70% and 55–50% and with different soil textures of China

From: Impact of water deficit on the development and senescence of tomato roots grown under various soil textures of Shaanxi, China

Soil

Treatments

Total root length

(cm)

Area

(cm2)

Surface area

(cm2)

Root volume

(cm3)

Root diameter

(mm)

Root number

Hanzhong

Control

844.7 ± 10.8 d

80.01 ± 7.9 bc

354.87 ± 16.5 abc

10.99 ± 1.1 de

0.91 ± 0.05 d

946 ± 26.3 bc

 

Deficit

893.5 ± 22.7 c

65.83 ± 8.6 d

326.35 ± 12.8 c

7.81 ± 0.8 E

0.74 ± 0.08 e

858 ± 29.8 c

Yulin

Control

885.6 ± 6.23 cd

84.41 ± 10.9 ab

368.17 ± 14.8 a

21.93 ± 2.2 ab

1.26 ± 0.07 a

1013 ± 31.8 ab

 

Deficit

1008.6 ± 17.5 b

72.87 ± 12.6 cd

333.37 ± 16.2 bc

17.67 ± 1.8 bc

1.15 ± 0.06 b

967 ± 17.8 bc

Yangling

Control

967.1 ± 14.3 b

91.75 ± 11.8 a

386.17 ± 11.5 a

24.16 ± 1.4 a

1.05 ± 0.05 c

1143 ± 46.8 a

 

Deficit

1071.2 ± 22.7 a

77.97 ± 8.4bc

347.96 ± 12.4 bc

15.16 ± 1.1 cd

0.89 ± 0.08 d

1083 ± 28.7 ab

Soil (S)

*

*

*

*

*

*

Treatment (T)

*

*

*

*

*

*

Soil x Treatment (SXT)

*

NS

NS

NS

*

NS

  1. Treatment values presented for comparison are the means of three replications (± SE, standard error). Means followed by different letters are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) according to Tukey’s test. NS not significant; *P < 0.05