Table 1 ANOVA for various eco-physiological traits measured in genotype 592 and 520 grown in a growth chamber (three blocks) and exposed to two experimental conditions: well-watered or drought

Total plant DW^a (g)

MS

0.048

0.055

20.355

0.315

0.059

p-value

0.452

0.338

<0.001

0.025

Total leaf N pool (g)

MS

0.020

0.024

0.972

0.034

0.005

p-value

0.030

0.038

<0.001

0.014

RGR^a (g g⁻¹ wk⁻¹)

MS

0.003

0.006

1.188

0.018

0.003

p-value

0.456

0.184

<0.001

0.025

Number of syll. shoots

MS

50

2269

1050

874

46

p-value

0.342

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Leaf DW^a (g)

MS

0.343

0.857

31.523

0.057

0.302

p-value

0.328

0.098

<0.001

0.665

LW/W (%)

MS

108

2640

399

1465

220

p-value

0.614

<0.001

0.183

0.013

LAR^a (m² g⁻¹)

MS

2.87

97.30

13.57

1.39

0.92

p-value

0.052

<0.001

<0.001

0.223

SLA^a (m² kg⁻¹)

MS

58.0

42.2

390.8

10.7

12.7

p-value

0.015

0.074

<0.001

0.363

Shoot DW^a (g)

MS

0.018

0.077

22.310

0.042

0.067

p-value

0.768

0.289

<0.001

0.434

SW/W (%)

MS

441

1410

15

2190

223

p-value

0.149

0.015

0.787

0.003

LAP^a (g m⁻² wk⁻¹)

MS

68

728

8080

5

40

p-value

0.191

<0.001

<0.001

0.729

SPAD^a (rel. units)

MS

3.6

844.1

46.9

2.3

8.1

p-value

0.645

<0.001

0.020

0.596

Root DW^a (g)

MS

0.476

0.321

15.384

0.405

0.126

p-value

0.029

0.116

≤0.001

0.079

RW/W (%)

MS

2490

31

4997

643

114

p-value

<0.001

0.606

<0.001

0.021

No. of leaves

MS

546

2640

36803

1995

231

p-value

0.103

0.001

<0.001

0.005

Leaf temperature (°C)

MS

9.56

0.19

13.56

1.26

0.70

p-value

<0.001

0.607

<0.001

0.185

RWC^a (%)

MS

105.1

86.7

818.2

132.0

199.3

p-value

0.595

0.513

0.048

0.420

Leaf Δ¹³C (‰)

MS

1.7

40.6

138.8

14.5

1.1

p-value

0.224

<0.001

<0.001

0.001

Leaf Δ¹⁸O (‰)

MS

0.16

0.12

59.12

5.94

0.27

p-value

0.555

0.503

<0.001

<0.001

Leaf Δ¹³C/Δ¹⁸O

MS

0.002

0.035

0.242

0.023

0.001

p-value

0.190

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001