Variability in Growth, Physiological, and Biochemical Characteristics among Various Clones of Dalbergia sissoo in a Clonal Seed Orchard

Table 2

Variation in morphophysiological and biochemical characteristics of different clones of Dalbergia sissoo (Shisham).

S. number	Clone number	Height (M)	GBH (cm)	Chlorophyll a; (mg/g fresh weight)	Chlorophyll b; (mg/g fresh weight)	Chlorophyll ratio a/b	Total chlorophyll (mg/g fresh weight)	Chlorofluorescence Fv/Fm (11 hrs)	Sugar (mg/gm dry weight)	Protein (mg/gm fresh weight)
1	6	17.52	60.70	0.859	0.532	1.617	1.391	0.719	26.01	25.50
2	10	17.25	64.40	0.541	0.345	1.568	0.886	0.692	16.79	34.02
3	18	11.30	61.30	0.367	0.205	1.790	0.571	0.642	18.38	29.49
4	19	13.66	48.20	0.450	0.302	1.490	0.753	0.696	24.65	31.01
5	34	7.60	28.00	0.533	0.329	1.620	0.863	0.662	15.04	30.76
6	42	7.73	29.30	0.641	0.352	1.820	0.993	0.642	13.63	28.22
7	59	11.08	42.20	0.729	0.418	1.742	1.147	0.628	17.58	38.84
8	60	10.42	44.30	0.606	0.388	1.560	0.994	0.621	58.23	39.64
9	66	11.68	42.20	0.679	0.367	1.850	1.046	0.674	10.89	42.02
10	67	7.51	36.80	0.492	0.283	1.740	0.775	0.651	21.55	61.65
11	78	8.03	33.70	0.798	0.504	1.583	1.302	0.653	15.72	36.40
12	80	13.32	43.30	0.754	0.449	1.681	1.202	0.652	13.03	24.01
13	84	7.84	34.70	0.583	0.359	1.623	0.942	0.600	7.25	38.95
14	85	12.09	34.70	0.769	0.467	1.646	1.236	0.674	14.66	30.50
15	87	8.24	32.30	0.719	0.417	1.723	1.137	0.683	14.96	61.76
16	88	7.85	27.90	0.851	0.495	1.720	1.346	0.615	36.25	37.08
17	89	7.76	26.80	0.822	0.452	1.817	1.274	0.565	4.11	19.97
18	92	9.85	39.30	0.671	0.433	1.550	1.104	0.593	12.15	39.69
19	93	7.17	36.80	0.637	0.402	1.587	1.039	0.604	17.87	56.52
20	94	12.41	33.70	0.737	0.453	1.627	1.189	0.635	9.07	48.35
21	103	8.18	36.80	0.397	0.217	1.833	0.614	0.653	52.77	24.21
22	123	18.01	69.70	0.920	0.539	1.707	1.458	0.760	25.08	29.63
23	189	14.85	48.60	0.449	0.253	1.777	0.702	0.672	17.65	32.73
24	192	18.32	50.80	0.859	0.532	1.617	1.391	0.742	26.16	25.98
25	193	15.98	53.10	0.491	0.293	1.673	0.784	0.705	18.31	33.74
26	194	15.91	68.70	0.859	0.532	1.617	1.391	0.708	26.26	58.76
27	196	20.17	74.20	0.867	0.500	1.733	1.368	0.730	18.15	67.47
28	198	19.07	65.30	0.573	0.303	1.893	0.876	0.692	18.43	85.43
29	202	15.20	64.80	0.859	0.532	1.617	1.391	0.742	32.57	39.66
30	235	16.84	64.00	0.920	0.539	1.707	1.458	0.760	42.23	24.78
Mean		12.43	46.6	0.681	0.406	1.684	1.087	0.669	21.51	39.23
Standard error difference		1.308	7.81	0.015	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.030	0.80	0.76
Least significance of difference		2.572	15.35	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.05	0.053	1.60	1.53
Coefficient of variation		25.8	41.1	2.9	3.0	1.3	2.9	4.8	4.5	2.4