Research Article

Assessment of Groundnut Elite Lines under Drought Conditions and Selection of Tolerance Associated Traits

Table 2

SPAD Chlorophyll Meter Reading (SCMR) of groundnut genotypes in the well-watered (WW) and water-stressed (WS) treatments at 60 DAS in 2017 (year 1) and 2018 (year 2) in lysimeter experiment. G= genotypes, W = water regimes, and Y= year.

GenotypesYear 1Year 2
WWWSWWWS

55-43738.4ab37.43ab40.67ab32.87a
FLEUR1139.13bc34.92a41.83ab36.87b
ICGV 0200542.4cd36.12a40.43ab37.2b
ICGV 0203841.73cd41.63cd38.7a41.27cde
ICGV 0212543.6d40.27bc43.13 ab43.69e
ICGV 0631939.7bc46.33e42.07 ab49.77f
ICGV 0721043.17d40.97bc43.13 ab36.57b
ICGV 0721137.17a39.9ab40.4ab36.75b
ICGV 9203541.93cd41cd42.13ab38.27bc
ICGV 9219538.67ab42.87cd39.57a37.67b
ICGV 9219638.73ab38.57ab40.25ab40.1bcd
ICGV 9220640.67bc41.8cd45.83b42.4de
Means40.4440.1541.4939.44
G (F prob)<.001
W (F prob)0.006
Y (F prob)ns
G x W (F prob)<.001
G xY (F prob)0.02
G x W x Y (F prob)0.03

= significant at 5% level. ns = not significant at 5% level. Means with the same letter are not significantly different within the same treatment by Duncan’s multiple range test.