Table 5 Analysis of variance for morphological and physiological parameters of onions under drought stress.

From: Assessment of agro-physiological and biochemical markers for drought tolerance in onion (Allium cepa L.) genotypes during bulb development

Source

DF

PH

NL

LL

LD

PD

NS

OS

Fv/Fm

Fv/Fo

RWC

Chl a

Chl b

T Chl

Car

Genotypes (G)

13

4.10***

11.68***

3.99***

9.36***

5.85***

19.65***

16.41***

1.34 ns

1.55 ns

29.82***

42.86***

10.44***

24.04***

10.63***

Treatments (T)

1

152.03***

452.92***

183.90***

6207.34***

413.68***

258.27***

1273.87***

114.74***

142.05***

1287.92***

921.37***

145.29***

635.30***

247.78***

G * T

13

0.72 ns

3.88***

0.55 ns

5.42***

2.34*

6.04***

5.54***

0.66 ns

0.79 ns

8.63***

6.03***

4.36***

6.06 ***

4.22***

  1. Plant Height (PH). Number of Leaves (NL). Leaf Length (LL). Leaf Diameter (LD). Pseudostem Diameter (PD). Number Stomata (NS). Opening Stomatal (OS). Maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm). Potential activity of PS II (Fv/Fo). Relative Water Content (RWC). Chlorophyll a (Ch a). Chlorophyll b (Ch b). Total Chlorophyll (T Chl). Carotenoid (Car).
  2. Significant at 5%; **significant at 1%; ***significant at 0,1%, ns: no significant. All these values were performed on 56 plants per group.
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