Screening of Sugarcane Varieties for Tolerance to Water Deficiency Using Containers
Table 4
Effect of variety on whole plant dry mater, root dry matter, and the shoot:root ration at 150 DAP.
Variety
Root dry matter
Total plant dry matter
Shoot:root
ZN1
493ab
1859a
3.63abc
ZN2
801.7c
2342d
1.93a
ZN3
358.8a
1919ab
4.38bc
ZN4
477.9a
2077abcd
3.29abc
ZN5
829.2c
2256cd
1.80a
ZN6
529.8ab
2158bcd
3.93bc
ZN7
470.2ab
2352d
3.93bc
ZN8
466.5ab
2081abcd
3.38abc
ZN9
397.6ab
2331d
5.05c
ZN10
472.4ab
2136abcd
3.63abc
CP72–1312
376.5a
2139abcd
4.88c
NCo376
385.9a
2038abc
4.40bc
N14
624.3bc
2275cd
2.85ab
CP72–2086
473.6ab
2279cd
3.73abc
value
<0.001
0.014
0.046
LSD
227.1
286.4
1.999
Water application rate
Well-watered
636a
3072a
4.82a
Water stress
387b
1248b
2.51b
value
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
LSD
85.9
108.3
0.755
CV (%)
38.4
11.5
47.2
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.
