Table 1.
Total leaf (LDW), shoot (SDW), root (RDW) and plant (PDW) dry weight, root/shoot ratio, and number of tillers per plant in four durum wheat genotypes grown under ambient or elevated [CO2] and well-watered or moderate water stress conditions (100 vs. 60% pot capacity).
Genotype | Ambient [CO2] | Elevated [CO2] | PC | PW | PC × W | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Well-watered | Water stressed | Well-watered | Water stressed | |||||
LDW (g) | Mexa | 1.84 | 1.29 | 1.45 | 1.23 | 0.527 | 0.304 | 0.656 |
Regallo | 1.26a | 1.37ab | 1.59b | 1.18a | 0.402 | 0.105 | 0.013 | |
Burgos | 1.32 | 2.36 | 1.83 | 1.28 | 0.562 | 0.618 | 0.128 | |
Ramirez | 1.98 | 1.41 | 1.70 | 1.15 | 0.417 | 0.109 | 0.964 | |
SDW (g) | Mexa | 3.12 | 1.85 | 2.17 | 2.27 | 0.732 | 0.463 | 0.387 |
Regallo | 1.75 | 1.97 | 2.14 | 1.90 | 0.441 | 0.962 | 0.258 | |
Burgos | 4.18 | 3.78 | 2.47 | 1.91 | 0.147 | 0.679 | 0.946 | |
Ramirez | 3.27 | 2.36 | 2.39 | 1.64 | 0.339 | 0.320 | 0.924 | |
RDW (g) | Mexa | 0.65 | 0.47 | 1.24 | 0.82 | 0.023 | 0.109 | 0.512 |
Regallo | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.96 | 1.26 | <0.001 | 0.080 | 0.074 | |
Burgos | 0.85 | 0.49 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 0.074 | 0.374 | 0.125 | |
Ramirez | 0.72 | 0.62 | 1.10 | 1.00 | 0.022 | 0.459 | 0.981 | |
PDW (g) | Mexa | 3.77 | 2.32 | 3.41 | 3.10 | 0.803 | 0.298 | 0.490 |
Regallo | 2.41 | 2.62 | 3.10 | 3.16 | 0.002 | 0.351 | 0.576 | |
Burgos | 5.03 | 4.27 | 3.36 | 2.91 | 0.211 | 0.602 | 0.895 | |
Ramirez | 3.99 | 2.98 | 3.50 | 2.64 | 0.577 | 0.232 | 0.921 | |
Root/shoot | Mexa | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.56 | 0.36 | 0.055 | 0.184 | 0.353 |
Regallo | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.69 | 0.045 | 0.214 | 0.180 | |
Burgos | 0.28 | 0.19 | 0.37 | 0.52 | 0.025 | 0.711 | 0.146 | |
Ramirez | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.47 | 0.61 | 0.095 | 0.484 | 0.588 | |
Tiller/plant | Mexa | 9.3 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 0.543 | 0.200 | 0.713 |
Regallo | 7.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 0.567 | 0.567 | 0.567 | |
Burgos | 8.7 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.620 | 0.491 | 0.491 | |
Ramirez | 11.7 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 0.045 | 0.248 | 0.451 |
Significant effects for elevated [CO2] (C), water stress (W) and their interaction (C × W) were determined by two-factor ANOVA (P). Values with the same letter are not significantly different for the interaction [CO2] × water level. Significant P values are marked in bold (P < 0.05).