. 2020 Sep 11;51(4):1977–1986. doi: 10.1007/s42770-020-00375-1

Table 1.

Net photosynthesis, gas exchanges, and leaf temperature of R01-581F drought-tolerant genotype inoculated with different Bradyrhizobium strains, submitted to moderate water restriction (during 10 days) and severe (during 7 days), between 45 and 62 days after emergence

Net photosynthetic rate, A (μmol CO₂ m⁻² s⁻¹)
	Moderate water restriction			Severe water restriction
Strain	Dry	Wet	Average	Dry	Wet	Average
SEMIA 587	17.8 aA	18.5 bA	18.1	0.58 aB	12.1 cA	6.31
SEMIA 5019	18.3 aB	20.9 aA	19.6	0.54 aB	18.3 aA	9.42
SEMIA 5080	18.4 aA	17.7 bA	18.0	0.12 aB	14.6 bA	7.35
Average	18.2	19.1		0.41	15.04
Transpiration rate, E (mmol H₂O m⁻² s⁻¹)
	Moderate water restriction			Severe water restriction
Strain	Dry	Wet	Average	Dry	Wet	Average
SEMIA 587	2.82	2.96	2.89 a	0.04	3.19	1.62 ab
SEMIA 5019	2.69	3.44	3.07 a	0.09	3.98	2.03 a
SEMIA 5080	2.96	3.00	2.99 a	0.04	3.18	1.57 b
Average	2.83 A	3.13 A		0.03 B	3.45 A
Stomatal conductance, g_s (mol H₂O m⁻² s⁻¹)
	Moderate water restriction			Severe water restriction
Strain	Dry	Wet	Average	Dry	Wet	Average
SEMIA 587	0.301 aA	0.341 bA	0.321	0.015 aB	0.261 bA	0.137
SEMIA 5019	0.261 aB	0.452 aA	0.362	0.005 aB	0.386 aA	0.195
SEMIA 5080	0.272 aA	0.313 bA	0.292	0.000 aB	0.278 bA	0.139
Average	0.278	0.369		0.007	0.308
Intercellular CO₂ concentration, Ci (μmol CO₂ mol⁻¹)
	Moderate water restriction			Severe water restriction
Strain	Dry	Wet	Average	Dry	Wet	Average
SEMIA 587	265	289	277 a	268 bA	194 aA	281
SEMIA 5019	265	308	286 a	548 aA	289 aB	419
SEMIA 5080	265	291	278 a	277 bA	280 aA	279
Average	265 B	296 A		364	288
Temperature of leaves (°C)
	Moderate water restriction			Severe water restriction
Strain	Dry	Wet	Average	Dry	Wet	Average
SEMIA 587	30.7 aA	29.1 aB	29.9	34.1 aA	30.3 aB	32.2
SEMIA 5019	28.1 bB	29.3 aA	28.7	31.7 bA	29.7 aB	30.7
SEMIA 5080	30.6 aA	29.5 aB	30.1	33.8 aA	30.1 aB	31.9
Average	29.8	29.3		33.2	30.1

Means followed by the same letter, capital in lines and small in columns, do not differ from one another (Tukey, p < 0.05) (n = 6). Comparison within each factor level denotes significant interaction; comparison in the average of one factor denotes isolated effect