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Table 3.

Root and shoot analyses from the longer term soil experiment

Wheat line	Total root length (mm)	Longest root (mm)	% Roots ≤0·28 mm diameter	Root d. wt (mg)	Shoot d. wt (mg)
BW26	300 ± 57^a	258 ± 23^a	10 ± 3^a	56 ± 4^a	95 ± 22^a
T2_4·4	598 ± 21^b	451 ± 57^b	24 ± 1^b	77 ± 5^b	110 ± 9^a
ET8	756 ± 128^b	360 ± 37^b	41 ± 13^b	58 ± 3^a	51 ± 3^b

Plants were grown in the acidic ferrosol soil for 31 d. Provided for each wheat line are the total root length, length of the longest root, the proportion of the total root system with diameters ≤0·28 mm and the total root and shoot dry weights. Data show the mean and standard error (n = 3). Means with the same letter are not significantly different from one another (P > 0·05).