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

Table 2.

Total leaf (LDW), shoot (SDW), root (RDW) and plant (PDW) dry weight, root/shoot ratio, number of tillers per plant, and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) in four durum wheat genotypes grown under ambient or elevated [CO2] and well-watered or severe water stress conditions (100 vs. 30% pot capacity).

Genotype Ambient [CO2] Elevated [CO2] PC PW PC × W
Well-watered Water stressed Well-watered Water stressed
LDW (g) Mexa 2.40a 2.69a 4.73b 1.97a 0.127 0.031 0.012
Regallo 1.09a 1.75b 4.56c 2.23b <0.001 0.001 <0.001
Burgos 2.77 1.70 4.67 1.80 0.082 0.004 0.112
Ramirez 2.27 1.86 3.28 1.98 0.178 0.057 0.282
SDW (g) Mexa 4.26a 4.96a 8.35b 4.97a 0.039 0.147 0.040
Regallo 1.49a 3.71b 6.24c 3.20b 0.001 0.361 <0.001
Burgos 4.78 4.21 8.43 5.43 0.058 0.143 0.301
Ramirez 3.59 3.53 6.98 3.73 0.035 0.048 0.054
RDW (g) Mexa 1.31a 1.14a 2.65b 1.47a 0.002 0.008 0.030
Regallo 2.42 1.92 3.54 2.45 0.002 0.002 0.139
Burgos 1.54 1.33 3.01 1.75 0.003 0.012 0.053
Ramirez 1.59 1.37 2.33 1.93 0.013 0.166 0.689
PDW (g) Mexa 5.56a 6.10a 10.99b 6.44a 0.018 0.074 0.031
Regallo 3.91a 5.63b 9.78c 5.65b <0.001 0.025 <0.001
Burgos 6.32 5.54 11.43 7.19 0.011 0.039 0.128
Ramirez 5.18 4.89 9.32 5.66 0.012 0.032 0.058
Root/shoot Mexa 0.33 0.23 0.32 0.30 0.400 0.123 0.267
Regallo 1.65b 0.58a 0.57a 0.76a 0.011 0.013 0.002
Burgos 0.40 0.48 0.36 0.34 0.563 0.850 0.718
Ramirez 0.58 0.39 0.34 0.53 0.662 0.994 0.136
Tiller/plant Mexa 9.3 9.3 11.0 7.0 0.852 0.279 0.279
Regallo 6.3a 8.0a 15.7b 10.0a 0.002 0.138 0.017
Burgos 12.3 7.0 13.0 8.7 0.377 0.005 0.699
Ramirez 8.0 7.7 6.7 6.7 0.773 0.174 0.267
NDVI Mexa 0.29 0.18 0.36 0.13 0.678 <0.001 0.104
Regallo 0.29 0.18 0.34 0.15 0.610 <0.001 0.067
Burgos 0.25 0.17 0.30 0.16 0.524 0.006 0.347
Ramirez 0.29 0.18 0.25 0.16 0.287 0.003 0.651

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).