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. 2018 Dec 31;124(6):917–932. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcy221

Table 1.

Analysis of variance and means for wild (W) and domesticated (D) forms under irrigated and drought conditions

Trait Means Heritability D d /Di W d /Wi (Dd /Di)/ (Wd /Wi)
Unit F values R 2a Irrigated Drought
Formb Treatment Form × treatment CV (%) Marginal Conditional D W D W
Biomass-related traits
 Stem biomass g 26.2*** 89** 30.2*** 36.3 0.60 0.78 1.7 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.17 0.24 0.25 0.96
 Leaf biomass g 25.3** 114.1** 62.3*** 29.5 0.70 0.84 3.2 2.1 0.6 0.5 0.12 0.19 0.24 0.79
 Shoot biomass g 26.9** 104.3** 51.9*** 30.5 0.68 0.83 4.9 3.3 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.20 0.21 0.95
 Root biomass g 154.6*** 49.2** 45.6*** 42.8 0.35 0.58 2.9 1.2 1.5 0.8 0.08 0.52 0.67 0.78
 Total biomass g 82.2*** 174.5** 63.4*** 30.2 0.59 0.79 7.7 4.4 2.5 1.5 0.17 0.32 0.34 0.94
 Root depth cm 27.9*** 2.4 0.4 21.0 0.40 0.41 89.7 69.0 84.3 66.0 0.13 0.94 0.96 0.98
Proportion of roots to total biomass 61.5*** 110*** 0.8 17.4 0.70 0.76 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.06 1.50 1.67 0.90
 Root depth length per root biomass cm g−1 36.9*** 46.8*** 0 37.1 0.16 0.51 34.0 73.2 68.1 107.9 0.05 2.00 1.47 1.36
Plant growth and development traits
 Specific leaf area cm2 g-1 48.9*** 75.7*** 9.2* 16.0 0.42 0.49 362.1 463.2 306.7 348.7 0.08 0.85 0.75 1.13
 Root whorl number 186.4*** 1 0.2 30.6 0.36 0.47 2.6 1.3 2.6 1.2 0.14 1.00 0.92 1.09
 SPAD 55.1*** 183*** 11.1* 9.2 0.72 0.76 37.7 31.0 46.5 43.3 0.07 1.23 1.40 0.88
 Plant height cm2 40.5** 123.6*** 88.8*** 25.4 0.62 0.80 33.7 124.3 17.1 49.7 0.36 0.51 0.40 1.28
 Leaf area cm2 4.1 74** 10** 37.2 0.65 0.80 1173.2 963.9 173.6 166.4 0.07 0.15 0.17 0.88
 Nodule number 15.7*** 32.2* 27.1*** 77.7 0.43 0.63 100.2 60.5 5.3 5.6 0.04 5.28 9.26 0.57
Phenology
 Time from planting to emergence d 5.4* 0.1 0.1 15.5 0.30 0.60 6.0 6.6 5.9 6.6 0.32 0.98 1.00 0.98
 Time from planting to V3 d 10.2 66.9*** 53.8*** 9.3 0.37 0.65 20.4 19.6 25.7 20.7 0.19 1.26 1.01 1.25
 Time from emergence to V3 d 24.4** 120.8*** 72.1*** 12.3 0.46 0.56 14.4 13.0 19.8 14.1 0.07 1.38 1.08 1.28

CV, coefficient of variation.

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.05; ***P < 0.01.

aMarginal R2 is the variance explained by the fixed factors; conditional R2 includes fixed and random factors.

bWild versus domesticated.