Table 2. Degrees of freedom (df) and F-values for physiological, phenological, and yield traits.
Traits | df | F-values | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
(T× G) | Temperature (T) | Genotype (G) | T × G | |
Leaf temperature,°C | 19 | 2610.05 *** | 11.06 *** | 3.16 *** |
Flag leaf chlorophyll, SPAD unit | 19 | 147.5 ** | 10.67 *** | 3.43 *** |
Maximum quantum yield of PS II (Fv/Fm), unitless | 19 | 289.21 *** | 4.14 *** | 3.57*** |
Superoxide dismutase (SOD), enzyme unit mg protein-1† | 18 | 14.68 *** | 7.03 *** | 3.83 *** |
Superoxide anion, Δ optical density min-1 g-1 fresh weight | 19 | 5.5 * | 1.18 NS | 1.42 NS |
Days to anthesis | 19 | 0.18 NS | 17.47*** | 0.53 NS |
Spike number per plant | 19 | 0.36 NS | 5.12 *** | 0.65 NS |
Grain number per spike | 19 | 0.09 NS | 47.11 *** | 1.61 NS |
Individual grain weight, mg | 19 | 861.18 *** | 17.38 *** | 3.55 *** |
Grain yield, g plant-1 | 19 | 54.12 ** | 10.54 *** | 2.19 ** |
*, **, and *** denotes significance at 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 probability levels, respectively.
NS, non-significant at the 0.05 probability level.