Screening of Sugarcane Varieties for Tolerance to Water Deficiency Using Containers

Table 3

Number of green leaves and green leaf area per container of 14 commercial sugarcane varieties between well-watered or water-stressed measured at 150 DAP.

Variety	Number of green leaves	Green leaf area (m^2)
ZN1	155.3a	4.19
ZN2	221.5d	4.49
ZN3	147.2a	3.40
ZN4	174.2abc	4.62
ZN5	161.0ab	3.83
ZN6	146.7a	5.41
ZN7	142.8a	4.49
ZN8	198.3bcd	3.29
ZN9	146.7a	4.74
ZN10	218.8d	4.08
CP72–1312	175.2abc	4.98
NCo376	203.2cd	3.40
N14	216.3d	4.45
CP72–2086	172.2abc	5.23
value	<0.001	0.158
LSD	37.87	NS
Water application rate
Well-watered	201.1a	5.79a
Water stress	153.0b	2.87b
value	<0.001	<0.001
LSD	14.32	0.59
Interaction
value	0.403	0.162
LSD	NS	NS
CV (%)	18.5	31.3

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.