Root system architecture of historical spring wheat cultivars is associated with alleles and transcripts of major functional genes

Maqbool, Saman; Ahmad, Suhaib; Kainat, Zarnishal; Khan, Muhammad Ibrar; Maqbool, Ammarah; Hassan, Muhammad Adeel; Rasheed, Awais; He, Zhonghu

doi:10.1186/s12870-022-03937-7

Table 3 Descriptive statistics of root and yield-related traits in fifty-eight wheat cultivars evaluated under optimum and water-limited condition

From: Root system architecture of historical spring wheat cultivars is associated with alleles and transcripts of major functional genes

Group	Mean						Range
Group	Pre-1965		1965–2000		Post-2000		Pre-1965		1965–2000		Post-2000
Treatment	Control	Drought	Control	Drought	Control	Drought	Control	Drought	Control	Drought	Control	Drought
MNR	2.31	2.44	2.42	2.37	2.34	2.38	2–2.67	1.67–3	1.67–3.33	1.67–3	1.67–3.67	1.33–4.33
MaxNR	6.94	6.22	6.61	6.04	6.6	5.89	5.33–10	4.33–7	5–8.33	4.67–8	4.67–8.33	4.33–8.67
NRT	14.2	9.05	14	8.93	15.4	8.81	6.67–20	7.33–12	8.33–22.3	5.33–13.7	7.33–28.3	4.67–15.7
TRL	444	431	484	493	495	485	397–495	352–561	373–642	323–651	293–641	252–726
D	45.1	40.3	45.8	46.5	47.2	48.1	39.3–49.5	30.9–51	35–54.2	32.3–62.6	35.3–59.3	35.3–59.7
MaxW	169	163	184	175	188	178	150–191	135–193	147–203	137–203	150–203	120–203
WDR	3.9	4.33	4.12	3.99	4.15	3.96	3.1–4.72	3.14–5.6	2.92–4.96	2.91–7.15	2.77–6.93	2.86–6.09
NtA	360	304	365	350	385	358	331–420	199–395	299–463	212–455	235–573	230–546
CA	3052	2536	3217	3251	3340	3334	2587–3471	1348–3567	1983–4428	1797–5254	1828–5385	1575–5428
S	0.123	0.132	0.124	0.117	0.131	0.122	0.1–0.18	0.1–0.18	0.09–0.18	0.08–0.16	0.08–0.2	0.08–0.2
LRA	64.5	59.5	70.9	49.7	61.9	56.4	42.3–84.8	16.1–206	34.4–248	16.2–93.2	13.4–115	17.4–137
AD	0.988	0.852	0.906	0.867	0.932	0.899	0.92–1.15	0.68–0.98	0.76–1.02	0.71–1.15	0.78–1.1	0.72–1.16
MD	0.765	0.66	0.727	0.641	0.761	0.669	0.65–0.94	0.55–0.78	0.59–0.86	0.55–0.83	0.64–1.02	0.58–0.83
MaxD	6.19	5.21	5.27	6.25	5.55	5.74	4.89–7.01	3.98–6.67	2.97–7.74	3.73–9.41	3.42–7.4	2.94–9.73
P	824	818	909	936	927	917	737–908	669–1067	685–1210	612–1237	556–1204	472–1364
V	612	384	471	522	518	515	500–720	195–583	284–654	256–999	281–863	279–1247
SA	1384	1134	1358	1322	1435	1344	1262–1567	737–1493	1093–1702	806–1718	909–2142	918–1996
ARO	18.7	17	18	17	17.9	17.9	16.2–23.1	13.5–23.6	12.8–22.4	13–21.4	13.8–23.5	12.3–23.8
StAF	0.857	0.865	0.853	0.872	0.858	0.862	0.78–0.89	0.72–0.93	0.78–0.92	0.8–0.94	0.77–0.93	0.74–0.93
MAF	0.08	0.0933	0.0905	0.0858	0.0845	0.0934	0.06–0.14	0.04–0.22	0.05–0.15	0.04–0.15	0.04–0.16	0.05–0.19
SAF	0.06	0.045	0.0584	0.0421	0.0567	0.0444	0.03–0.09	0.03–0.06	0.02–0.1	0.02–0.06	0.03–0.1	0.02–0.08
RLD	423	414	467	473	477	464	369–475	335–545	354–624	311–633	277–617	217–696
PAD	353	304	373	342	392	353	326–437	202–392	291–483	211–463	230–607	181–546
SAD	1110	955	1171	1076	1230	1110	1025–1373	633–1231	915–1516	664–1455	722–1907	569–1716
VD	277	213	277	234	299	252	233–360	115–271	206–386	130–364	168–563	135–416

MNR Median number of roots, MaxNR Maximum number of roots, NRT Number of root tips, TRL Total root length.mm, D Depth.mm, MaxW Maximum width, WDR Width-to-Depth ratio, NtA Network area. mm², CA Convex area.mm², S Solidity, LRA Lower root area.mm, AD Average diameter.mm², MD Median diameter, MaxD Maximum diameter.mm, P Perimeter.mm, V Volume.mm³, SA Surface area.mm, ARO Average root orientation. Deg, SAF Shallow angle frequency, MAF Median angle frequency, StAF Steep angle frequency, RLD Root length diameter.mm, PAD Projected area diameter.mm, SAD Surface area diameter.mm, VD Volume diameter.mm

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