Molecular Biology International

Research Article

Identification of Putative Molecular Markers Associated with Root Traits in Coffea canephora Pierre ex Froehner

Range and mean values of the morphophysiological parameters in 134 F1 mapping population of Coffea canephora (L1 valley × S.3334).


	Serial number	Parameters	Range	Mean	STDEV

Root traits	1	Root length (cm²)	41.5–83.0	57.08	7.29
	2	Number of secondary roots	2–60	26.9	12.61
	3	Root dry weight (g/plant)	2.57–34.69	13.77	6.6
	4	Root : shoot ratio	0.23–0.39	0.27	0.03

Morphological traits	5	Plant height (cm²)	13.5–105.3	72.6	15.69
	6	Number of nodes	11.0–42.0	24.08	6.88
	7	Number of leaves	2–70	34.02	13.42
	8	Stem girth (mm)	5.88–13.65	10.28	1.79
	9	Internodal length (cm)	1.9–12.5	8.54	2
	10	Specific leaf dry weight (mg/dm²)	1.41–2.64	1.8	0.22
	11	Final leaf area (cm²)	1136.92–8190.61	4491.19	1710.17
	12	Specific leaf area (cm)	378.99–710.97	562.44	65.34
	13	Total leaf dry weight (g/plant)	5.78–48.59	26.02	10.43
	14	Stem dry weight (g/plant)	4.81–52.62	24.33	10.4
	15	Shoot dry weight (g/plant)	10.59–96.64	50.35	20.63
	16	Total dry matter (g/plant)	11.6–121.43	57.93	24.77

Gravimetric traits	17	Leaf area duration (dm² days)	1065.89–7992.77	4372.52	1658.04
	18	Net assimilation rate	8.9–19.38	13.07	1.71
	19	Cumulative water transpiration (lt/plant)	2.5–23.5	10.81	4.62
	20	Water use efficiency (g/kg)	3.86–6.84	5.4	0.58
	21	Mean transpiration rate (mL/dm² days)	1.5–3.52	2.44	0.38
	22	Delta 13c (mill)	19.75–26.53	21.8	1.11

Gas exchange parameters	23	Photosynthesis (Pn). (mmol/m²/S)	5.45–27.27	16.9	3.91
	24	Transpiration rate () (mg/m²/s)	0.71–7.47	3.38	1.34
	25	Conductance (g_s) (mmol/m²/s)	0.05–1	0.35	0.17
	26	Ci/g_s	288.76–3484.25	859.3	405.1
	27	Ci	186.5–296.67	247.98	24.88
	28	A/g_s	24.06–93.26	54.42	15.52
	29	A/	2.63–14.07	5.52	1.76