Table 3.

Time to reach 50% of light-saturated leaf carbon assimilation (T_50A, min), time to reach 90% of light-saturated leaf carbon assimilation (T_90A, min), cumulative CO₂ fixation in the first 5 min after photosynthesis induction (CCF, μmol CO₂), stomatal conductance at the point of initiation of induction (g_sT₀, mol m² s⁻¹), and time to reach 50% of maximum stomatal conductance (T_50gs, min) in cassava cultivars.

Cultivar	T50A	T90A	CCF	gsT0	T50gs
Mbundumali	4.2 ± 0.3 d	13.8 ± 0.6 bed	272 ± 20.7abcde	0.032 ± 0.006 abcd	8.08 ± 0.52 abc
TME3	6.1 ± 0.4 bc	15.5 ± 1.2 bed	187 ± 22.7 def	0.016 ± 0.003 de	7.7 ± 0.58 abc
TME419	4.6 ± 0.7 cd	14 ± 1.5 bed	291 ± 24.3 abc	0.027 ± 0.006 abcde	7.38 ± 1.20 bc
TME693	10.6 ± 1.4a	21.2 ± 1.1 a	122 ± 27.2 f	0.005 ± 0.004 e	9.48 ± 2.11 ab
TME7	6.4 ± 0.5 b	17.0 ± 1.6 abc	201 ± 35.4 cdef	0.019 ± 0.003 cde	10.58 ± 1.43 a
TMS01/1412	3.5 ± 0.5d	17.1 ± 1.5 abc	179 ± 31.6 ef	0.025 ± 0.006 bcde	5.75 ± 0.96 c
TMS30001	4.1 ± 0.5 d	17.1 ± 2.2 abc	280 ± 46.2 abcd	0.028 ± 0.006 abcde	6.21 ± 0.55 c
TMS30572	5.1 ± 0.7 bed	13.3 ± 1.6cd	262 ± 40.5abcde	0.020 ± 0.005 cde	7.67 ± 0.55 abc
TMS96/1632	4.5 ± 0.8 cd	17.8 ± 1.3 ab	276 ± 45.8abcde	0.045 ± 0.008 ab	10.33 ± 1.32 ab
TMS97/2205	3.1 ± 1.0 d	11.3 ± 0.5 d	333 ± 46.1 ab	0.054 ± 0.013 a	7.4 ± 0.92 abc
TMS98/0002	4.0 ± 0.7 d	16.4 ± 2.2 bcd	279 ± 41.2 abcd	0.032 ± 0.013 abcd	5.73 ± 0.67 c
TMS98/0505	3.1 ± 0.2 d	11.6 ± 0.7 d	349 ± 16.1 a	0.047 ± 0.003 abc	7.18 ± 1.78 abc
TMS98/0581	4.2 ± 0.6 d	17.6 ± 1.6ab	226 ± 33.9 bcde	0.034 ± 0.015 abcd	7.36 ± 0.69 bc

Values represent mean ± SE. n = 6 except for cultivars TMS98/0505 and TMS97/2205 where n = 3. Different letters represent statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) among the cultivars.