Table 3. Effect of seaweed extracts on petiole fresh weight, stem fresh and total fresh weight of soybean at flowering stage under well-watered and drought conditions.
Lowercase letters indicate that mean values are significantly different from one another.
| Seaweed extracts | Petiole fresh weight/plant (g) | Stem fresh weight/plant (g) | Total fresh weight/plant (g) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well-watered | Drought | Well-watered | Drought | Well-watered | Drought | |
| 0.0% | 2.55a ± 0.14* | 1.16c ± 0.07 | 5.30b ± 0.10 | 2.42d ± 0.45 | 18.96b ± 0.15 | 9.99e ± 0.34 |
| 5.0% | 2.65a ± 0.36 | 1.62b ± 0.11 | 5.57ab ± 0.21 | 3.63c ± 0.27 | 19.51b ± 0.51 | 12.79d ± 0.32 |
| 10.0% | 2.85a ± 0.11 | 1.72b ± 0.11 | 5.80a ± 0.10 | 3.92c ± 0.07 | 20.50a ± 0.85 | 13.62c ± 0.18 |
| Level of significance | ** | ** | ** | |||
| CV (%) | 8.5 | 5.4 | 2.9 | |||
Notes:
*
Mean values ± SE.
**
for p < 0.01.
CV, coefficient of variation.