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. 2016 Nov 22;7:1738. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01738

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).