Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of 18 measured traits (13 global and five local traits) in 171 soybean genotypes grown in a semi-hydroponic phenotyping platform assessed 39 days after sowing.
| Trait | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Mean | Std. Dev. | CV | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRD | 28.8 | 65.0 | 47.5 | 46.6 | 7.37 | 0.16 | <0.001 |
| RW | 9.57 | 20.5 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 2.70 | 0.18 | <0.001 |
| RA | 63.0 | 160 | 109 | 109 | 28.0 | 0.26 | <0.001 |
| RL | 208 | 1663 | 885 | 898 | 331 | 0.37 | <0.001 |
| RD | 0.20 | 0.47 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.03 | 0.07 | <0.001 |
| RM | 19.4 | 251 | 124 | 127 | 55.8 | 0.44 | <0.001 |
| SRL | 5.27 | 25.6 | 7.33 | 7.72 | 3.81 | 0.49 | 0.64 |
| RTD | 98.0 | 219 | 141 | 143 | 40.2 | 0.28 | 0.91 |
| RSM | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.27 | <0.001 |
| LN | 3.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 4.81 | 0.67 | 0.14 | <0.001 |
| HL | 2.20 | 9.10 | 4.50 | 4.55 | 1.24 | 0.27 | <0.001 |
| SH | 18.7 | 86.7 | 52.3 | 51.0 | 11.3 | 0.22 | <0.001 |
| SM | 164 | 1150 | 663 | 652 | 213 | 0.33 | <0.001 |
| RL-upper | 152 | 1146 | 664 | 662 | 226 | 0.34 | <0.001 |
| RL-lower | 11.5 | 654 | 223 | 236 | 136 | 0.58 | <0.001 |
| RL-fine | 134 | 908 | 448 | 450 | 208 | 0.46 | <0.001 |
| RL-coarse | 175 | 1551 | 849 | 845 | 309 | 0.37 | <0.001 |
| RLR-upper/lower | 1.18 | 16.5 | 3.27 | 3.59 | 2.23 | 0.62 | <0.001 |
Traits with coefficients of variation (CVs) ≥ 0.3 appear in bold type. Probability values (p value) were based on a GLM multivariate analysis of 171 genotypes and appear in bold if ≤0.01 and italics if ≤0.05 (see Table 1 for trait descriptions and units). Std. Dev., standard deviation.