Table 3.

Transpiration efficiency (TE, in g biomass kg⁻¹ water transpired) in two parental pearl millet genotypes (H 77/833-2, PRLT 2/89-33) and their three drought-tolerant NIL-QTLs in hybrid form under well-watered (WW) and water stress (WS) conditions, and TE measured across WW and WS treatments, measured at the vegetative stage (Experiment 6, July 2007)

Genotype	843A×PRLT 2/89-33	843A×H 77/833-2	843A×ICMR 01029	843A×ICMR 01031	843A×ICMR 02041
TE WW	6.19±0.54 a	6.01±0.36 a	7.19±0.37 a	6.92±0.48 a	6.19±0.52 a
TE WS	6.16±0.39 a	6.67±0.21 a	7.31±0.28 a	6.92±0.28 a	6.01±0.25 a
LSD WW/WS	1.16	0.95	1.10	1.45	1.79
TE WW+WS	6.18±0.32 a	6.34±0.24 a	7.24±0.24 a	6.92±0.27 a	6.10±0.28 a

Values are the means (±SE) of six replicate plants per treatment and genotype. Genotypic means followed by same letter within a treatment are not significantly different. LSD is for treatment differences within each genotype.