Table 5: Mean values of seedling traits after physiological quality tests of twelve tropical maize genotypes belonging to three maturity groups across storage durations (N = 36).
|
Variety |
RN |
RLT (cm) |
SL (cm) |
RDW (g) |
SDW (g) |
SDL (cm) |
SVI |
|
Early |
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|
EVDT-W99 |
4.84a |
14.10a |
10.40a |
0.04a |
0.07a |
24.49b |
2.20b |
|
DMR-ESR-W |
4.53ab |
15.66a |
8.85b |
0.03a |
0.05b |
24.50b |
1.98b |
|
TZE-YPOPDT |
4.16b |
16.66a |
9.70ab |
0.05a |
0.06a |
26.36a |
2.53a |
|
POOL-18SR |
4.81a |
15.23a |
10.51a |
0.05a |
0.06a |
25.74a |
2.03b |
|
Mean ± Standard error |
4.58 ± 0.18 |
15.41 ± 0.54 |
9.87 ± 0.26 |
0.04 ± 0.0 |
0.06 ± 0.0 |
25.27 ± 0.61 |
2.19 ± 0.12 |
|
Intermediate |
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|
ART/98/SW5-OB |
3.40bc |
12.52a |
7.55c |
0.03a |
0.04b |
20.07b |
1.50a |
|
POP66-SR/ACR 91 |
3.57b |
11.66a |
9.22a |
0.03a |
0.05a |
20.88b |
0.99b |
|
ILE-1-OB |
3.16c |
11.72a |
7.87c |
0.04a |
0.04b |
19.59c |
0.91b |
|
ART/98/SW6-OB |
3.94a |
14.78a |
8.91b |
0.04a |
0.05a |
23.69ab |
1.57a |
|
Mean ± Standard error |
3.52 ± 0.19 |
12.67 ± 0.75 |
8.39 ± 0.75 |
0.03 ± 0.0 |
0.05 ± 0.0 |
21.05 ± 0.91 |
1.16 ± 0.13 |
|
Late |
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|
SYNLDFO/OBANTAPA |
3.79b |
15.21a |
9.62a |
0.04a |
0.05ab |
24.83a |
2.21a |
|
SYNLDFO/OBAT |
4.20a |
14.42a |
8.87b |
0.04a |
0.05ab |
23.08a |
1.61b |
|
SYNLDFO/OBAT/TZL |
4.16a |
16.07a |
8.91b |
0.04a |
0.06a |
24.97a |
2.28a |
|
OBANTAPA/TZLCOMP |
3.69b |
15.26a |
8.37b |
0.04a |
0.04b |
23.64a |
2.03a |
|
Mean ± Standard error |
3.96 ± 0.14 |
15.24 ± 0.50 |
8.89 ± 0.15 |
0.04 ± 0.0 |
0.05 ± 0.0 |
24.13 ± 0.53 |
2.05 ± 0.09 |
Means with the same letter in each column are not significantly different at P = 0.05 using Duncan's multiple range test. RN: Number of Roots; RLT: Root Length; SL: Shoot Length; RDW: Root Dry Weight; SDW: Shoot Dry Weight; SDL: Seedling Length; SVI: Seedling Vigour Index.