Table 3. Cluster mean for reduction in germination, root and shoot length, fresh and dry weight of roots and shoots, seedling survival% and mean genetic distance (MGD) under 40mM NaHCO3.
Cluster | GM | RL | SL | FWR | FWS | DWR | DWS | survival | Score | MGD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cluster 1 | 40.04a | 40.45a | 49.61a | 40.37a | 47.32a | 41.67a | 58.58a | 16.61a | 4.19c | 0.57 |
cluster 2 | 42.52b | 44.40b | 53.74b | 43.16b | 53.34b | 45.01b | 62.71b | 5.45b | 4.71b | 0.58 |
cluster 3 | 48.94c | 46.24c | 55.76c | 47.34c | 53.17b | 46.87c | 65.25c | 1.55c | 4.92a | 0.57 |
cluster 4 | 47.05c | 47.03c | 55.83c | 46.05c | 52.88b | 46.87c | 65.27c | 1.73c | 4.90a | 0.61 |
GM-germination; RL-root length; SL-shoot length; FWR-fresh weight root; FWS-fresh weight shoot; DWR-dry weight root; DWS-dry weight shoot; MGD-mean genetic distance
Values within each column that do not share common letter are significantly different by Duncan’s post- hoc test at P≤0.05.