Table 5.

Germination inhibition percentage, root and shoot dry weight susceptibility index of wheat genotypes under different level of PEG-6000 induced osmotic stress.

Osmotic Stress	Germination Inhibition Percentage		Root Dry weight Susceptibility Index		Shoot Dry Weight Susceptibility Index
	Chakwal-50	Wafaq-2001	Chakwal-50	Wafaq-2001	Chakwal-50	Wafaq-2001
−2 Bars	1.3 ± 0.31f	5.6 ± 0.36f	85.8 ± 0.95b	104.3 ± 2.01 a	88.0 ± 1.12 a	72.0 ± 0.51b
−4 Bars	11.3 ± 1.02 e	23.8 ± 1.02 d	73.3 ± 0.69c	88.8 ± 1.94b	73.3 ± 1.29b	57.8 ± 0.31c
−6 Bars	24.4 ± 1.53 d	36.9 ± 1.53b	60.3 ± 0.68 d	71.0 ± 0.71c	61.5 ± 0.34c	37.0 ± 0.90 e
−8 Bars	30.6 ± 0.51c	46.9 ± 1.14 a	48.3 ± 0.76 e	21.3 ± 0.58f	52.3 ± 1.00 d	29.5 ± 0.91f
LSD	Interaction (T × V) : 4.67		Interaction (T × V) : 6.67		Interaction (T × V) : 5.15

The values represent the averages (±SE) of four independent replicates followed by different letters within columns are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05, according to Duncan’s Multiple Range test.