Table 2.

Values of the fraction of transpirable soil water content at which the listed numbers and processes began to decrease in the water-stressed treatment in two chickpea genotypes, DICC8156 and DICC8172

	DICC8156	DICC8172	Significance
Cumulative flower number	0.21±0.03	0.13±0.03	NS
Cumulative total pod number	0.15±0.02	0.15±0.03	NS
Cumulative filled pod number	0.57±0.06	0.57±0.04	NS
Cumulative seed number	0.57±0.06	0.57±0.05	NS
Pre-dawn leaf water potential	0.37±0.03	0.39±0.03	NS
Photosynthetic rate	0.40±0.04	0.43±0.02	NS
Stomatal conductance	0.60±0.03	0.58±0.04	NS
Transpiration rate	0.58±0.02	0.57±0.02	NS

Data are means ±SE (n=3).

NS, no significant difference.