Table 1.
Number of days to booting (Z49), anthesis (Z61), physiological maturity (Z91) and duration of the grain filling in three wheat cultivars with different root systems, grown under well-watered conditions (WW) and exposed to early season drought (ESD). ESD was induced by simulating a 25 mm rainfall after sowing in dry soil and no watering for 30 days.
| Cultivar | Booting | Anthesis | Physiological Maturity | Duration of the Grain Filling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (DAS) | (DAS) | (DAS) | Days | |||||
| WW | ESD | WW | ESD | WW | ESD | WW | ESD | |
| Bahatans-87 | 93c | 100b | 102c | 109b | 139c | 150b | 37c | 41c |
| Harper | 100b | 110a | 107b | 120a | 170a | 174a | 63a | 54b |
| Tincurrin | 74e | 81d | 87e | 94d | 137c | 147b | 50b | 53b |
| LSD (C) LSD (T) LSD (CxT) |
2.3 1.9 3.3** |
2.9 2.4 4.1** |
6.1*** 5** NS |
4.1 3.4 5.8*** |
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Means followed by different letters are different according to least significant difference (LSD) test. **, *** significant at p < 0.01 and p < 0.001, respectively. Cultivar (C) and Treatment (T).