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).