Screening of Sugarcane Varieties for Tolerance to Water Deficiency Using Containers

Table 2

Number and length of internodes (cm) of primary tillers among sugarcane varieties and water application rate.

Variety	Number of internodes	Length of internodes (cm)
		1^st	4^th	5^th	6^th	8^th	Average
ZN1	10.3cd	3.7d	4.6bcd	4.6cde	3.7abc	3.4bc	4.1bcd
ZN2	8.7ab	1.7a	2.7a	2.8a	2.8a	1.0a	2.6a
ZN3	9.7bc	3.2cd	4.5bc	4.8de	5.3d	5.6ef	4.8de
ZN4	10.2cd	2.1abc	3.3a	3.4ab	2.9a	4.4cde	3.1ab
ZN5	10.2cd	2.1abc	2.9a	2.7a	2.6a	2.7b	2.6a
ZN6	8.0a	2.9bcd	4.9cd	5.7e	4.9cd	6.3f	4.6de
ZN7	11.2de	2.2abc	3.6ab	3.5abc	3.5ab	3.8bcd	3.3abc
ZN8	11.8e	2.3abc	4.4bc	4.3bcd	4.1bcd	3.8bcd	3.8bcd
ZN9	11.3de	2.1abc	4.6bcd	4.1bcd	4.2bcd	3.6bcd	3.8bcd
ZN10	11.3de	2.7abcd	5.6d	4.9de	4.5bcd	4.2cd	4.5de
CP72–1312	9.5bc	1.9bab	3.6ab	4.1bcd	4.7bcd	4.9de	3.8bcd
NCo376	10.0bcd	3.0bcd	4.5bc	4.2bcd	4.4bcd	4.8de	4.3cd
N14	12.5e	3.1cd	4.7cd	4.6cd	4.1bcd	3.5bcd	4.0bcd
CP72–2086	7.7a	1.9ab	3.1a	2.8a	2.7a	3.2bc	3.2ab
value	<0.001	0.031	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
LSD	1.498	1.17	1.03	1.16	1.21	1.39	1.08
Water application rate
Well-watered	12.5a	3.1a	5.3a	5.3a	5.2a	5.6a	4.9a
Water stress	7.9b	1.9b	2.9b	2.8b	2.5b	2.3b	2.8b
value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
LSD	0.566	0.44	0.39	0.44	0.46	0.53	0.41
CV (%)	12.7	40.8	21.8	24.9	27	30.4	24.2

Mean values indicated by different letters within a column differ significantly from each other at the level. LSD—least significant difference; NS—not significantly different; CV—coefficient of variation.