TABLE 1.

Performance of seedling drought tolerance-related traits of the panel used in this study.

Trait	Well-Watered			Drought stress
	Mean	Range	SD*	Mean	Range	SD*
Leaf chlorophyll content (SPAD)	38.3	33.8–46.0	2.19	34.3	27.1–42.4	2.61
Leaf chlorophyll fluorescence	0.79	0.75–0.85	0.01	0.43	0.002–0.77	0.21
Shoot length (cm)	52.2	41.9–70.4	5.26	43.5	36.2–56.4	4.25
Number of leaves per seedling	7	5–10	1.05	5	4–6	0.28
Seedling recovery (%)	−	−	−	39.7	0.0–87.0	17.53

*Standard deviation.