Table 1.

Analysis of variance, mean, range, and broad-sense heritability of 23 traits under P-deficiency conditions.

Traits	Mean	Minimum	Maximum	CV (%)	F ratio	P	H2 (%)
Shoot length (cm)	20.48	2.55	33.02	36	6.40	0.0001	54.7
Tillers plant−1	2.00	1.00	6.00	45	3.60	0.0001	42.4
Leaf number plant−1	8.00	1.00	22.00	46	8.79	0.0001	59.7
Leaf length (cm)	11.19	1.55	23.40	36	6.98	0.0001	56.2
Leaf width (cm)	0.34	0.10	0.88	38	5.70	0.0001	52.6
Stem thickness (mm)	1.44	0.53	2.84	35	3.72	0.0001	43.2
Max. root length (cm)	10.93	2.67	17.92	28	2.61	0.0001	33.4
SPAD	24.28	12.10	38.28	23	3.29	0.0001	40.1
Shoot dry weight (g)	0.39	0.04	2.24	89	20.21	0.0001	67.9
Root dry weight (g)	0.13	0.01	0.78	95	6.85	0.0001	55.9
Total dry weight (g)	0.53	0.05	2.57	91	16.72	0.0001	66.5
Root-shoot length ratio	0.45	0.10	2.00	67	13.08	0.0001	64.4
Total root length (cm)	675.85	101.65	1479.65	41	21.47	0.0001	68.3
Total root projected area (cm2)	35.54	2.32	76.69	41	11.42	0.0001	62.9
Total root surface area (cm2)	111.03	7.29	240.92	42	11.35	0.0001	62.9
Root avg. diam. (mm)	0.58	0.22	1.24	32	7.05	0.0001	56.4
Root volume (cm3)	2.23	0.08	7.65	65	10.28	0.0001	61.7
Root tips	2551.49	318.50	6846.00	40	7.38	0.0001	57.1
Root-shoot dry wt. ratio	0.63	0.26	2.22	55	6.13	0.0001	54.0
Top-view area (mm2)	1430.52	106.36	4470.78	61	25.11	0.0001	69.3
Mycorrhiza colonization (%)	37.26	10.00	80.00	38	259.88	0.0001	74.4
Shoot P (mg g−1)	1.20	0.34	1.92	24	201.29	0.0001	74.3
Root P (mg g−1)	0.95	0.05	3.52	69	872.82	0.0001	74.8