Table 5.
Seed minerals in heat-tolerant (HT1: ICCV07110; HT2: ICCV92944) and heat-sensitive (HS1: ICC14183; HS2: ICC5912) chickpea genotypes grown in control (25/15 °C) and heat stress (32/20 °C) environments.
| Minerals (mg 100 g–1) | Control | Stressed | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HT1 | HT2 | HS1 | HS2 | HT1 | HT2 | HS1 | HS2 | |
| Ca | 45.6 ± 3.2a | 41.6 ± 2.8a | 39.4 ± 2.6bc | 36.7 ± 2.1c | 34.2 ± 2.8c | 32.4 ± 2.1c | 17.9 ± 1.9d | 19.4 ± 2.1d |
| P | 156.3 ± 6.4a | 124.5 ± 5.8c | 141.2 ± 8.5b | 138.4 ± 6.7bc | 113.4 ± 9.4 cd | 107.4 ± 6.4 cd | 89.3 ± 7.6d | 92.3 ± 6.9d |
| Fe | 3.16 ± 0.25a | 2.87 ± 0.21a | 2.95 ± 0.22a | 2.84 ± 0.31bc | 2.18 ± 0.34c | 1.87 ± 0.15c | 1.21 ± 0.15d | 1.14 ± 0.13d |
LSD (P < < 0.05) for genotypes x treatment interaction: Ca (4.6), P (9.8), Fe (0.41), Values represent mean ± S.E. Different lower case letters for each trait indicate significant variations (P < 0.05).