TABLE 2.
Descriptive statistics and F-values among genotypes for all morphological traits scored at the seedling stage.
| Tait | Mini | Max | Mean | LSD | F-value | SD | H2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedling length (SL) | 8.18 | 22.55 | 15.75 | 2.01 | 12.94** | 2.602 | 92.27 |
| Tolerance traits | |||||||
| Leaf wilting1 (LW1) | 1 | 2.1 | 1.32 | 0.33 | 3.23** | 0.213 | 69.02 |
| Leaf wilting2 (LW2) | 1.22 | 3.52 | 2.39 | 0.7 | 3.98** | 0.501 | 74.85 |
| Leaf wilting3 (LW3) | 2.19 | 5.12 | 3.87 | 0.93 | 3.47** | 0.621 | 71.2 |
| Leaf wilting4 (LW4) | 3.69 | 6.65 | 5.45 | 0.9 | 3.49** | 0.603 | 71.35 |
| Leaf wilting5 (LW5) | 5.17 | 8.73 | 7.5 | 0.71 | 8.17** | 0.731 | 87.76 |
| Sum of leaf wilting (S_LW) | 13.82 | 25.08 | 20.53 | 2.52 | 6.64** | 2.334 | 84.93 |
| Days to wilting (DTW) | 4.38 | 8.06 | 5.68 | 0.83 | 6.19** | 0.744 | 83.85 |
| Recovery traits | |||||||
| Days to regrowth (DTR) | 35.67 | 90 | 78.5 | 11.83 | 8.03** | 12.075 | 87.55 |
| Regrowth biomass (RB) | 0 | 126.14 | 11.98 | 15.38 | 11.52** | 18.808 | 91.32 |
| Drought survival rate (DSR) | 0 | 93.75 | 19.6 | 24.3 | 6.24** | 21.862 | 83.98 |
| Drought indices | |||||||
| Tolerance index (TI) | 7.42 | 17.18 | 13.38 | 2.04 | 7.38** | 1.992 | 86.45 |
| Recovery index (RI) | 9.04 | 57.82 | 48.27 | 9.37 | 9.98** | 10.655 | 89.98 |
| Drought tolerance index (DTI) | 2.7 | 7.03 | 5.62 | 0.75 | 10.76** | 0.891 | 90.71 |
**Significant at the 0.01 level of the probability.