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. 2016 Jul 11;7:953. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00953

Table 3.

Physiological and morphological trait means, standard errors, and results of ANOVA by line.

Trait 100M BTx623 BTx642 IS3620C M35-1 N598 Rio RTx430 SC170 SC56 Tx7000 F-Ratio Prob > F (p) Adj. R2
Total dry biomass (g) 71.9± 2.9 66.3± 2.5 63.5± 3.0 58.0± 1.3 83.5± 2.4 72.6± 2.3 80.4± 2.0 58.5± 2.3 63.0± 1.4 59.2± 1.4 65.3± 1.9 15.55 < 0.0001 0.66
Leaf dry biomass (g) 25.2± 3.0 14.8± 0.4 16.2± 0.5 13.9± 0.3 17.4± 0.8 17.3± 0.7 20.0± 0.3 14.7± 0.3 16.2± 0.4 15.2± 0.3 15.5± 0.3 13.76 < 0.0001 0.62
Panicle dry biomass (g) 5.6± 5.6 27.3± 1.3 23.1± 1.9 23.3± 0.8 25.5± 2.2 25.0± 1.1 25.5± 0.7 25.0± 1.4 27.0± 0.4 24.1± 0.7 28.8± 1.2 14.71 < 0.0001 0.65
Stem dry biomass (g) 37.0± 1.1 24.2± 1.0 24.2± 1.0 20.8± 0.5 40.1± 2.7 30.4± 1.3 34.9± 1.9 18.8± 0.8 18.7± 1.2 19.9± 0.7 21.0± 0.6 32.16 < 0.0001 0.80
Plant height (cm) 158.3± 2.0 138.8± 3.0 109.0± 4.7 150.6± 2.5 231.5± 0.2 178.5± 6.6 183.1± 15 118.0± 3.0 94.2± 2.7 106.0± 1.5 124.3± 2.7 37.76 < 0.0001 0.82
Stem diameter (mm) 13.7± 0.28 11.9± 0.40 18.2± 0.54 10.4± 0.25 11.5± 0.41 11.1± 0.28 12.8± 0.28 12.8± 0.43 17.8± 0.47 16.4± 0.53 14.7± 0.48 43.78 < 0.0001 0.84
Avg. individual leaf area (mm2) 510.0± 9.9 283.9± 13 330.3± 15 270.4± 11 300.6± 15 268.4± 17 260.4± 16 268.8± 14 286.2± 6.0 322.9± 18 330.0± 11 28.82 < 0.0001 0.78
Leaf harvest index 0.41± 0.042 0.22± 0.005 0.26± 0.012 0.24± 0.006 0.21± 0.007 0.24± 0.005 0.25± 0.006 0.25± 0.006 0.26± 0.003 0.26± 0.005 0.24± 0.005 13.95 < 0.0001 0.63
Panicle harvest index 0.07± 0.070 0.41± 0.007 0.36± 0.013 0.40± 0.005 0.31± 0.029 0.34± 0.010 0.32± 0.011 0.43± 0.006 0.43± 0.008 0.41± 0.007 0.44± 0.007 27.25 < 0.0001 0.78
Stem harvest index 0.52± 0.030 0.36± 0.005 0.38± 0.007 0.36± 0.004 0.48± 0.026 0.42± 0.013 0.43± 0.015 0.32± 0.004 0.31± 0.006 0.34± 0.006 0.32± 0.004 37.72 < 0.0001 0.83
Growth Rt. weeks 1-2 (cm/week) 18.4± 1.4 27.5± 1.6 13.2± 2.3 22.5± 2.1 37.6± 4.2 36.3± 2.5 27.0± 5.0 20.7± 3.1 11.9± 1.7 17.6± 1.9 14.8± 2.2 8.90 < 0.0001 0.50
Growth Rt. weeks 3-4 (cm/week) 24.2± 1.2 6.4± 0.5 3.8± 1.3 21.6± 1.2 38.3± 4.9 13.6± 3.0 8.6± 0.9 10.3± 1.0 2.5± 1.1 6.6± 1.2 3.9± 0.8 25.85 < 0.0001 0.76
ChlA (mg/g) 0.63± 0.05 0.66± 0.07 0.54± 0.05 0.64± 0.04 0.52± 0.03 0.69± 0.02 0.49± 0.03 0.72± 0.08 0.73± 0.06 0.69± 0.03 0.49± 0.04 4.12 0.0006 0.38
ChlB (mg/g) 0.17± 0.02 0.17± 0.02 0.15± 0.02 0.16± 0.01 0.12± 0.01 0.19± 0.01 0.15± 0.01 0.18± 0.02 0.22± 0.02 0.17± 0.01 0.13± 0.02 3.65 0.0015 0.34
ChlTot (mg/g) 0.81± 0.07 0.83± 0.09 0.69± 0.06 0.81± 0.05 0.66± 0.03 0.89± 0.03 0.64± 0.04 0.91± 0.10 0.97± 0.08 0.88± 0.03 0.62± 0.06 4.06 0.0006 0.38
A/B 3.74± 0.18 3.91± 0.12 3.78± 0.30 3.97± 0.16 4.19± 0.08 3.70± 0.12 3.23± 0.08 3.95± 0.28 3.35± 0.14 3.96± 0.10 3.82± 0.26 2.6 0.0154 0.24
A/T 0.78± 0.008 0.79± 0.005 0.78± 0.015 0.79± 0.006 0.80± 0.003 0.78± 0.006 0.75± 0.005 0.79± 0.011 0.76± 0.007 0.79± 0.004 0.78± 0.011 2.51 0.0185 0.23
Ci/Ca 0.319± 0.054 0.273± 0.022 0.377± 0.007 0.360± 0.012 0.362± 0.030 0.240± 0.034 0.288± 0.012 0.268± 0.040 0.312± 0.015 0.455± 0.015 0.309± 0.023 6.30 < 0.0001 0.19
gs(mmolH2O m−2s−1) 0.099± 0.014 0.133± 0.010 0.226± 0.004 0.179± 0.006 0.184± 0.008 0.097± 0.007 0.150± 0.010 0.193± 0.009 0.173± 0.011 0.282± 0.013 0.195± 0.009 30.18 < 0.0001 0.57
A(μmolCO2m−2 s−1) 13.13± 0.50 21.39± 1.03 31.83± 0.79 25.93± 0.68 26.07± 0.92 15.87± 0.48 24.06± 1.30 31.71± 0.38 27.70± 2.16 33.91± 1.62 29.883± 1.04 41.04 < 0.0001 0.65
WUE 159.2± 13.4 168.5± 5.79 140.5± 1.30 146.4± 2.84 145.6± 7.11 177.9± 8.58 164.0± 3.27 167.9± 9.39 157.4± 2.93 121.2± 3.43 157.8± 5.67 7.02 < 0.0001 0.22

Ci/Ca ratio of intercellular (leaf) [CO2]to ambient [CO2]; gs, stomatal conductance; A, photosynthesis; WUE, Water Use Efficiency; ChlA, B, Tot, Chlorophylls A, B, and Total, respectively; A/B and A/T, ratio of chlorophyll A to B and A to Total, respectively.