. 2019 Apr 16;25(3):697–711. doi: 10.1007/s12298-019-00665-5

Table 2.

Root characteristics of soybean genotypes evaluated for drought tolerance

Genotypes	Tap root length (cm)	Lateral root length (cm)	Shoot weight (g)	Root weight (g)	Root/shoot weight ratio
JS 71-05	156 ± 3.8^abcd	113 ± 12.0^bcdef	16.6 ± 0.1^efg	5.5 ± 0.2^cde	0.33 ± 0.01^a
JS 95-60	140 ± 5.8^bcde	70 ± 2.9^fg	11.7 ± 0.3^g	3.1 ± 0.0^def	0.26 ± 0.01^cd
NRC 7	145 ± 5.8^bcd	125 ± 5.0^bcde	16.8 ± 1.2^efg	5.5 ± 0.1^cde	0.33 ± 0.03^a
EC 538828	145 ± 5.8^bcd	120 ± 5.0^bcdef	15.8 ± 0.6 ^fg	5.5 ± 0.2 ^cde	0.35 ± 0.02^a
NRC 12	119 ± 13.9^cdef	99 ± 9.3^def	36.1 ± 0.9^bc	7.3 ± 0.2^cd	0.20 ± 0.01^e
Samrat	64 ± 3.0^gh	75 ± 2.9^efg	11.6 ± 0.6^g	2.0 ± 0.1^ef	0.17 ± 0.00^e
MACS 330	443 ± 0.58^h	45 ± 0.3^g	7.6 ± 0.7^g	0.8 ± 0.2^f	0.10 ± 0.02^a
EC 456548	135 ± 30.1^cdef	103 ± 12.0^cdef	17.6 ± 1.6^defg	5.3 ± 0.5^ce	0.30 ± 0.01^abc
JS 335	110 ± 5.8^defg	115 ± 2.8^bcdef	29.5 ± 0.9^cde	8.1 ± 0.5^c	0.28 ± 0.02^bcd
JS 93-05	145 ± 5.8^bcd	163 ± 9.3^ab	26.2 ± 0.4^cdef	7.0 ± 0.3^cd	0.27 ± 0.01^cd
JS 97-52	190 ± 2.9^ab	184 ± 3.0^a	61.2 ± 0.9^a	21.6 ± 1.1^a	0.35 ± 0.02^a
Hardee	202 ± 7.3^a	197 ± 6.7^a	47.2 ± 5.7^b	16.3 ± 2.8^b	0.35 ± 0.03^a
Punjab 1	132 ± 11.1^cdef	129 ± 9.6^bcd	39.4 ± 5.1^bc	8.6 ± 0.2^c	0.22 ± 0.02^de
EC 602288	170 ± 11.6^abc	153 ± 26.0^abc	46.1 ± 0.7^b	14.9 ± 0.8^b	0.32 ± 0.02^ab
NRC 2	90 ± 5.8^efgh	118 ± 13.0^bcdef	30.5 ± 0.2 ^cd	6.2 ± 0.4^cde	0.20 ± 0.01^e
NRC 37	85 ± 3.0^fgh	100 ± 7.7^def	61.6 ± 0.2^a	7.2 ± 0.2 ^cd	0.12 ± 0.00^f
Mean	130	119	29.7	7.7	0.26
Skewness	− 0.2656 (ns)	0.3326 (ns)	0.6642 (s)	1.4096 (s)	− 0.4605 (ns)
Kurtosis	− 0.6922 (ns)	− 0.3932 (ns)	− 0.7001 (ns)	− 1.6941 (s)	− 0.4377 (ns)
LSD (P ≤ 0.05)	28.5	28.4	7.48	2.41	0.054

Values are means of three replicates ± SE; values followed by the same small letter in vertical comparison are not significantly different at P = 0.05 using Fisher least significant difference