Table 5.

Trait based drought tolerant index (DTI) ranking of top twenty inbred lines of maize.

Rank	Inbred /trait©	FRW-DTI	Inbred/trait	FSW-DTI	Inbred/trait	TRL-DTI	Inbred/trait	RT-DTI	Inbred/trait	ARD-DTI	Inbred/trait	DRW-DTI	Inbred/trait	DSW-DTI
1	LM22	14.6	LM22	18.6	PML73	7.62	LM22	3.7	PML207	18.20	PML95	11.21	LM22	8.5
2	LM14	7.10	LM24	5.84	LM22	3.71	LM26	2.84	PML86	15.22	LM22	8.378	CM452	5.19
3	CML575	6.21	PML98	5.05	LM6	2.87	CML561	2.65	PML76	10.71	PML24	2.561	PML104	4.66
4	LM5	5.87	PML45	4.80	LM20	2.52	PML49	2.49	LM12	7.52	LM20	1.837	LM16	3.97
5	PML156	5.11	LM23	3.82	CML561	2.50	LM15	2.19	PML270	7.47	LM14	1.501	LM23	3.87
6	PML22	4.16	CML575	3.06	LM15	2.41	CML577	2.08	LM20	7.22	LM12	1.179	CML504	3.53
7	LM24	4.13	PML22	2.82	PML49	2.16	LM5	2.02	LM14	6.98	CML579	0.974	LM11	3.52
8	LM16	3.53	PML156	2.78	CM452	2.11	CM452	1.89	LM22	6.37	CML533	0.958	CML574	2.99
9	PML98	3.33	PML170	2.52	CML539	2.02	LM12	1.89	LM17	6.32	PML76	0.838	PML7	2.75
10	LM6	1.31	LM17	2.43	PML76	1.91	LM23	1.79	PML73	4.89	PML52	0.764	PML98	2.56
11	PML45	2.88	PML270	2.24	PML104	1.91	PML104	1.78	PML375	4.60	LM23	0.718	CML575	2.53
12	LM23	2.82	CML511	1.91	LM5	1.90	CML539	1.73	CML574	3.95	CML575	0.676	PML170	2.5
13	PML97	2.19	LM20	1.86	LM11	1.75	PML270	1.7	PML276	3.84	PML86	0.622	CML577	2.41
14	LM13	2.07	PML166	1.85	CML577	1.70	PML86	1.69	CM452	3.18	CML576	0.574	PML115	2.35
15	LM17	1.83	LM25	1.73	LM24	1.61	PML170	1.68	PML7	2.99	LM16	0.563	PML97	2.04
16	LM12	1.38	PML118	1.68	PML86	1.57	LM11	1.63	LM24	2.89	LM15	0.531	PML156	2.01
17	LM25	1.37	PML276	1.63	CML576	1.57	PML76	1.59	LM6	2.84	CML387	0.484	LM24	1.98
18	PML86	1.2	LM6	1.55	PML48	1.51	LM20	1.58	PML145	2.68	CML561	0.479	LM6	1.88
19	PML150	1.19	PML97	1.36	LM12	1.45	PML48	1.54	PML49	2.54	PML48	0.477	LM26	1.85
20	PML51	1.18	CML444	1.30	LM16	1.39	PML166	1.52	CML561	2.49	CML539	0.475	CML579	1.66

©FRW (g) fresh root weight, FSW (g) fresh shoot weight, DRW (g) dry root weight, DSW (g) dry shoot weight, TRL (cm) total root length, RT number of root tips, ARD (mm) average root diameter.