Table 6.
Analysis of variance of catabolic traits for sensitive and tolerant genotypes at different levels of drought stress
| Sources of variation | Degrees of freedom | Mean Square | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoma number upper leaves | Stoma number lower leaves | Stoma length upper leaves | Stoma width upper leaves | Stoma length lower leaves | Stoma width lower leaves | ||
| Genotype (G) | 1 | 60.5* | 24.5* | 222.694** | 91.312** | 189.566** | 70.824** |
| Stress treatment (S) | 2 | 108.5** | 39.5** | 469.5** | 235.927** | 437.581** | 157.3** |
| G × S | 2 | 18.5* | 24.5* | 55.379** | 17.061** | 39.516* | 9.125* |
| Error | 12 | 4 | 5 | 7.111 | 2.324 | 6.48 | 1.662 |
| CV% | 7.64% | 9.65% | 7.27% | 9.27% | 7.88% | 9.52% | |
* and ** indicate significance at the 5% and 1% probability levels, respectively.