Table 3 Results of agronomic and physiological not destructive surveys at harvest.
Treatments | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plant Height, cm | 14.00 ± 1.27 | 13.43 ± 0.58 | 12.53 ± 0.93 | 13.30 ± 1.93 | 12.47 ± 2.23 | 15.50 ± 1.98 | ||||||
TDR, % soil water content | 30.50 ± 4.26 | bc | 28.83 ± 1.98 | bc | 30.80 ± 1.57 | bc | 25.25 ± 2.05 | c | 36.57 ± 1.10 | a | 33.23 ± 4.22 | ab |
Number of Leaves, no. pot-1 | 29.00 ± 5.66 | ab | 25.67 ± 1.53 | b | 30.00 ± 4.00 | ab | 23.33 ± 3.06 | b | 26.67 ± 0.58 | b | 35.00 ± 5.00 | a |
ChlM | 0.05 ± 0.01 | b | 0.08 ± 0.02 | a | 0.06 ± 0.01 | ab | 0.09 ± 0.01 | a | 0.08 ± 0.02 | a | 0.09 ± 0.02 | a |
FlvM | -0.19 ± 0.01 | c | -0.11 ± 0.06 | b | -0.07 ± 0.02 | ab | -0.10 ± 0.01 | b | -0.09 ± 0.00 | ab | -0.04 ± 0.00 | a |
AnthM | -0.18 ± 0.01 | b | -0.15 ± 0.01 | a | -0.16 ± 0.01 | ab | -0.16 ± 0.02 | ab | -0.15 ± 0.01 | a | -0.18 ± 0.01 | b |
NFI | -0.24 ± 0.04 | a | -1.36 ± 0.00 | c | -0.50 ± 0.34 | ab | -0.93 ± 0.11 | bc | -0.98 ± 0.37 | bc | -0.47 ± 0.19 | ab |
Canopy Temperature, °C | 19.50 ± 0.53 | a | 18.00 ± 0.10 | b | 17.83 ± 0.46 | b | 18.53 ± 0.47 | b | 18.13 ± 0.67 | b | 19.80 ± 0.40 | a |
Stomatal Conductance, mmol H2O m− 2 s− 1 | 38.30 ± 8.08 | d | 49.30 ± 1.53 | d | 52.00 ± 4.36 | d | 353.30 ± 15.28 | a | 102.30 ± 5.03 | c | 177.00 ± 7.94 | b |
NDVI | 0.71 ± 0.02 | 0.71 ± 0.07 | 0.74 ± 0.00 | 0.72 ± 0.07 | 0.77 ± 0.02 | 0.74 ± 0.05 | ||||||
PRI | -0.74 ± 0.12 | -0.75 ± 0.02 | -0.70 ± 0.06 | -0.72 ± 0.08 | -0.66 ± 0.06 | -0.68 ± 0.05 | ||||||
