. 2017 Aug 8;8:1350. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01350

Table 2.

Effects of LT and AT on morphological traits of the panicles in four cultivars.

Trait	Treatments	Yongyou9	Yongyou17	Yongyou538	Zhejing88	ANOVA
						G	T	G ×T
Elongation of panicle exsertion (cm⋅d^-1)	LT	3.39 ± 0.18^b	2.65 ± 0.22^b	1.60 ± 0.04^b	1.72 ± 0.12^b	^∗∗	^∗∗	^∗∗
	AT	5.61 ± 0.28^a	5.04 ± 0.30^a	3.70 ± 0.17^a	3.11 ± 0.15^a
Wrap-around panicle Length (cm)	LT	1.13 ± 0.32^a	3.79 ± 0.26^a	2.69 ± 0.36^a	1.47 ± 0.59^a	ns	ns	ns
	AT	1.99 ± 0.44^a	1.77 ± 0.33^b	3.10 ± 0.36^a	1.90 ± 0.25^a
Peduncle length (cm)	LT	16.58 ± 0.97^a	9.95 ± 0.94^b	7.67 ± 0.38^b	8.11 ± 0.57^b	ns	^∗	ns
	AT	17.39 ± 0.93^a	18.38 ± 1.01^a	18.49 ± 0.83^a	15.30 ± 0.63^a
Panicle exsertion (%)	LT	68.59 ± 3.97^b	43.41 ± 3.69^b	35.37 ± 2.36^b	51.98 ± 2.21^b	ns	^∗∗	ns
	AT	89.47 ± 1.83^a	95.65 ± 2.64^a	87.54 ± 1.82^a	85.16 ± 2.89^a

Data indicate the means ± standard errors, n = 60. Means within a column followed by a different lowercase letter differ significantly at a level of 0.05. G: genotypes; T: treatments. ^∗P < 0.05, ^∗∗P < 0.01, ns, not significant.