Table 3 Analysis of variance for physiological traits of mungbean genotypes under well-watered and drought stress conditions.

From: Unveiling drought-tolerant mungbean genotypes through integrated multi-trait selection

Source of variation

D.F

Mean sum of squares

LA

NDVI

Tleaf

VPD

E

GH2O

A

Qmax

Factor A—Conditions

1

15,020.41

6.71**

523.73**

2244.16**

371.35**

1,810,855.5**

9238.87**

1.27**

Factor B—Genotypes

121

162.69

0.02*

1.89*

11.78**

2.71*

7340.51**

16.30**

0.02*

Interaction effect (A × B)

121

52.15

0.015*

0.73*

4.51**

1.55*

5097.06**

12.03**

0.02*

Error

243

0.14

0.002

0.03

0.008

0.001

3.46

0.06

0.005

  1. DF; Degrees of freedom, WW: Well-watered, DS: Drought stress, S.V: Source of Variations, D.F: Degrees of Freedom, PH: Plant Height (cm), NPB: No. of Primary branches per plant, NSB: No. Secondary branches per plant, PP: Pods per plant NSP No. of Seeds per pod, TW: Test weight (g), GY: Grain yield per plant (g), PL: Pod Length (cm), LA: Leaf Area (cm2 per leaf), NDVI: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Qmax: Quantum efficiency of PSII, Tleaf: Leaf Temperature (OC), GH2O: Stomatal Conductance (mmol/m2s), A: Net CO2 Assimilation rate (µmol/m2s), E: Transpiration rate (mmol/m2s), VPD: Vapour Pressure deficit. *: significant at p < 0.05, **: significant at p < 0.01.
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