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Table 8.2

Analysis of variance with mean square and treatment significance for growth and development parameters recorded at final harvest

Source

Df

VWT

BM

PWT

FLN

PGN

PDN

HI

WUE

Replicate

2

6269

10997

986

173

85

5

0.0007

0.03

WS

1

30514*

94008*

17403

108*

356

156*

0.01

14

0.05

Residual

2

891

3803

1259

3

114

5

0.0024

0.008

Temp

2

3768

20915*

16570**

180

375*

3

0.0640***

0.305*

WS

×

Temp

2

5276

670

2553

103

214

29

0.0139

0.044

Residual

8

2176

4516

1179

69

86

18

0.0032

0.019

Geno

1

681

21776**

14754***

2342***

3589***

668***

0.0648***

0.070*

WS

×

Geno

1

657

5487

2344**

289*

23

84*

0.0022*

0.007

Temp

×

Geno

2

564

1572

3448***

181*

1171***

175**

0.0225***

0.002

WS

×

Temp

×

Geno

2

1088

2953

457

17

222

5

0.0001

0.0097

Residual

12

833

1554

218

38

93

17

0.0004

0.0094

All weights are g m

−2 and all numbers are per m

2

df

degrees of freedom,

BM

biomass,

FLN

flower number,

PGN

peg number,

PDN

pod number,

PWT

pod weight,

VWT

vegetative weight,

WUE

water use

efficiency*; **; *** indicate significance at 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001 levels of probability, respectively

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