Table 3. Impact of drought stress on agro-morphological traits in pearl millet.

Trait code	Trait definition	Year	Mean		Ratio DS/WW	p-value
			WW	DS
DSFLO	Flowering date (days after sowing)	2015	63.82	66.20	1.037	0.00389
		2016	70.16	69.61	0.992	0.52690
STG	Staygreen (nb green leaves/total number leaves)	2015	0.35	0.39	1.115	1.969E-07
		2016	0.52	0.57	1.087	1.192E-18
HSP	Height of the plant	2015	158.45	115.53	0.729	1.699E-41
		2016	140.56	108.88	0.775	5.909E-19
Lpan	Length of the panicle	2015	32.73	30.33	0.927	0.00701
		2016	32.21	30.45	0.945	0.04974
Lped	Stalk length	2015	27.01	25.26	0.935	0.00255
		2016	26.09	22.34	0.856	1.344E-13
NFT	Number of leaves	2015	17.09	16.10	0.942	2.845E-06
		2016	17.95	17.81	0.992	6.154E-01
BSA	Aerial biomass	2015	440.20	241.48	0.549	1.296E-25
		2016	385.07	218.83	0.568	9.547E-21
PGR	Total grain weight	2015	60.41	29.05	0.481	1.408E-17
		2016	72.47	39.14	0.540	4.877E-20
IR	Harvest index	2015	0.15	0.16	1.040	0.53120
		2016	0.22	0.21	0.959	0.31683
PMG	Weight of 1000 grains	2015	7.44	6.95	0.934	0.00143
		2016	8.03	8.04	1.001	0.93140
NGR	Number of grains per plant	2015	10121.46	5699.75	0.563	1.436E-14
		2016	9126.03	4594.69	0.503	3.463E-22

Bold numbers correspond to significant differences (p<0,01). WW: well-watered; DS: early drought stress.