Table 3 Seedling characteristics for diverse sorghum lines and hybrids evaluated under three planting dates in West Texas.

From: Seed-to-seed early-season cold resiliency in sorghum

Planting dates

FGP (%)

VGR

SBM (g)

SCC (µmol m−2)

Early

63.0 B

3.0 A

0.3 C

223 C

Mid

79.0 A

2.6 B

3.8 B

410 B

Standard

82.0 A

1.9 C

5.8 A

497 A

Mean

75.0

2.4

3.5

386

SE

0.81

0.03

0.11

5.49

  1. ABC...: indicates significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) for assessed parameter across planting dates.