Table 4 General statistics for various traits for wild Chickpea accessions under cold stress in both the years.

From: Assessing cold stress resilience in wild chickpea accessions using physiological, biochemical, and reproductive traits

Variable

Mean

Range

Heritability

1st year

2nd year

1st year

2nd year

1st year

2nd year

Filled pods

18

18.6

85–0

113–0

99.4

91.4

Number of seeds

31.2

20

160–0

115–0

99.6

91.5

Total seed weight

0.51

0.95

3.65–0

7.61–0

97.8

93.9

Pollen viability

67.1

65.9

98–36

78–0

95.8

92.3

Pollen germination

62.5

60.8

92–35

81–0

46.1

94.7

Pollen load

2.65

2.69

5–1

4-0

62

81.9

Ovule viability

3.04

2.65

5–1

5–0

74

74.8

Electrolyte leakage

24.3

23.7

32.4–14.2

28.5–17.4

92.2

93.1

Relative Leaf water content

71.2

73.4

77.8–60.7

81.9–63.9

80.02

84.3

Stomatal conductance

115.5

92.7

190.7–80.7

135.8–80.7

75.9

64.2

Chlorophyll content

25.2

24.3

36.2–21.1

38.6–18.9

69.8

67.4

Photosynthetic efficiency

0.58

0.63

0.73-0.45

0.73-0.54

86.1

75.8

Carotenoids

2.57

3.06

3.69–1.75

4.30–2.37

67.5

69.9

Proline

21

22.4

30.5–14.9

32.2–18.9

80.7

87.3

Trehalose

3.24

3

4.9–2.3

4.57–1.83

83.7

88.8

Total sugars

52.3

52.1

73.7–41.6

76.1–35.6

88

93.7

Malondialdehyde content

21.3

19.9

25.8–12.8

25.2–12.5

85.4

94.9

Hydrogen peroxide

3.22

3.36

4.46–2.18

4.01–2.31

56.6

48.8

Superoxide dismutase

19.01

17.2

24.8–14.1

25.1–13.5

79.1

92.2

Catalase

3.32

4

5.9–2.4

5.8–2.8

86

79.4

Ascorbate peroxidase

3.56

4.33

6.35–2.27

7.53–2.21

90.6

93.3

Glutathione reductase

4.23

3.64

6.05–2.50

6.05–2.41

80.2

89

Ascorbic acid

102.2

97.3

146.7–73.4

124.3–76.2

90.1

87.7

Glutathione reduced

24.7

22.1

36.1–15.6

36.9–15.6

84.8

90.4