Assessment of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) Mutant Lines for Drought Tolerance
Table 1
Seed weight and chlorophyll content of mutant lines under nonstressed and stressed conditions.
Conditions
Nonstressed
Stressed
Mutants
Chl1 (%)
SW (g)
Chl1 (%)
Chl2 (%)
SW (g)
MoussaM41-1P13
64.36c
13.73c
69.10bc
20.90
20.97
MoussaM43-20P14
80.21a
10.71d
52.80c
25.70
11.10
MoussaM40-3P15
74.64b
10.70d
65.10c
25.60
10.60
MoussaM62-1P8
70.99c
6.79e
73.33ab
34.00
9.57
MoussaM51-4P10
80.75a
9.92de
75.80a
34.80
8.48
MoussaM62-1P4
74.77b
7.43e
72.60abc
26.30
6.10
MoussaM62-1P3
68.19d
8.66de
76.47a
24.93
5.47
MoussaM41-1P12
71.09bc
15.08b
Gorom local
66.69cd
31.86a
Moussa local
65.89cd
24.34b
Means
71.87
14
71.44
28.45
9.96
R2
78%
59%
90%
52%
84%
P(5%)
0.016
0.003
0.024
0.556
0.06
Chl: chlorophyll; SW: seed weight; g: gram; and a, b, c, and d: the values followed by the same letters are not significantly different at the threshold of 5%.
