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Table 1 Shoot length (SL; cm), root dry matter (RDM; g plant− 1), shoot dry matter (SDM; g plant− 1), total plant dry matter (TDM; g plant− 1), root length (RL; m), root surface area (RSA; cm2), root diameter (RD; mm), and root volume (RV; cm3), of Jimian169 and DES926 under LP + DS (0.01 mM KH2PO4 + 10%PEG), LP + CK (0.01 mM KH2PO4 + 0%PEG), NP + DS (1 mM KH2PO4 + 10%PEG), NP + CK (1 mM KH2PO4 + 0%PEG).

From: Differential responses of contrasting low phosphorus tolerant cotton genotypes under low phosphorus and drought stress

Genotypes

Treatments

SL

RDM

SDM

TDM

RL

RSA

RD

RV

DES926

LP + DS

9.00 f

0.15 e

0.42 e

0.57 e

12.57 bcd

184 d

0.41 e

2.63 de

LP + CK

10.67 ef

0.22 d

0.92 d

1.14 d

9.80 d

223 b

0.46 d

3.04 c

NP + DS

12.93 cd

0.26 c

1.19 c

1.45 c

13.22 bc

168 f

0.46 d

2.41 f

NP + CK

16.10 b

0.32 b

1.81 b

2.13 b

14.99 ab

190 c

0.52 c

2.71 d

Jimian169

LP + DS

10.43 ef

0.19 d

0.79 d

0.98 d

10.70 cd

192 c

0.44 d

2.71 d

LP + CK

11.67 de

0.24 c

1.09 c

1.33 c

14.40 ab

251 a

0.62 b

3.60 a

NP + DS

14.60 bc

0.29 b

1.27 c

1.57 c

13.71 bc

177 e

0.50 c

2.53 ef

NP + CK

18.27 a

0.40 a

2.09 a

2.49 a

17.16 a

226 b

0.66 a

3.22 b

Genotypes (G)

***

***

***

***

ns

***

***

***

Treatments (T)

***

***

***

***

*

***

***

***

G x T

ns

*

*

*

ns

***

***

***

  1. Note: Means followed by the same letters within the same category in the same columns are not different statistically. * Significant at P ≤ 0.05. ** Significant at P ≤ 0.01. ns = non-significant at P ≥ 0.05. LSD; least significant difference