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

Table 4.

Chlorophyll content, stomatal conductance (gs), N and C content, and N and C isotope composition (δ15N and δ13C, respectively) 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
Chlorophyll (SPAD units) Mexa 55.8 55.0 52.7 52.7 0.100 0.790 0.807
Regallo 50.6 43.1 46.6 45.8 0.877 0.351 0.439
Burgos 56.6 53.2 53.3 58.4 0.661 0.683 0.076
Ramirez 52.7 51.6 52.8 49.0 0.532 0.230 0.500
gs(mmol m−2 s−1) Mexa 81.9 55.0 223.5 91.5 0.112 0.150 0.323
Regallo 101.8 82.3 64.4 32.2 0.265 0.499 0.866
Burgos 245.0 96.7 247.0 30.7 0.390 <0.001 0.362
Ramirez 44.0 52.5 151.3 57.2 0.160 0.270 0.194
N (%) Mexa 4.39 4.67 4.10 4.54 0.491 0.257 0.785
Regallo 4.68 4.33 4.37 3.78 0.017 0.011 0.424
Burgos 4.89 4.66 4.15 3.97 0.013 0.398 0.918
Ramirez 3.81 4.22 4.16 4.43 0.521 0.437 0.872
δ15N(‰) Mexa 2.71 2.74 3.52 3.59 0.060 0.895 0.950
Regallo 3.78 3.27 3.55 3.58 0.947 0.685 0.646
Burgos 2.45 2.67 3.69 3.47 0.018 0.997 0.547
Ramirez 2.69 2.99 3.23 2.73 0.508 0.641 0.084
C (%) Mexa 41.8 41.8 41.3 41.9 0.490 0.368 0.439
Regallo 39.9 38.0 40.4 41.1 0.064 0.476 0.165
Burgos 41.9 41.4 41.8 41.3 0.877 0.590 0.968
Ramirez 41.4 40.7 40.9 42.1 0.416 0.658 0.115
δ13C(‰) Mexa −32.3 −31.4 −56.9 −56.4 <0.001 0.546 0.851
Regallo −33.5 −32.2 −54.4 −54.0 0.001 0.850 0.927
Burgos −32.8 −32.4 −46.1 −46.3 0.004 0.979 0.940
Ramirez −31.9 −32.6 −59.1 −56.4 <0.001 0.752 0.594

Significant effects for elevated [CO2] (C), water stress (W) and their interaction (C × W) were determined by two-factor ANOVA (P). Significant P values are marked in bold (P < 0.05).