Research Article

Screening of Soybean Genotypes for Waterlogging Stress Tolerance and Understanding the Physiological Mechanisms

Table 1

Effect of waterlogging stress on plant height, number of leaves plant−1, leaf area, and SPAD value of different soybean genotypes.

TreatmentsPlant height (cm)Number of leaves plant−1Leaf areaSPAD value
ControlWaterloggedControlWaterloggedControlWaterloggedControlWaterlogged

Sohag28.37 ± 1.21a-d25.21 ± 1.10efg23.15 ± 0.34jk19.66 ± 0.82l36.73 ± 0.91ab35.51 ± 0.88bc45.63 ± 0.84a-e39.67 ± 3.84def
BARI Soybean-527.30 ± 1.51cde24.70 ± 1.67fgh28.57 ± 0.27e18.38 ± 1.19mn33.27 ± 0.82d32.60 ± 0.81def43.68 ± 3.34b-f38.51 ± 2.01ef
BINAsoybean-126.24 ± 1.05def25.19 ± 1.23efg33.75 ± 0.40a26.15 ± 0.62 h35.50 ± 0.88bc32.27 ± 0.80d-g45.47 ± 0.38a-e39.25 ± 3.41def
BINAsoybean-223.50 ± 0.93ghi23.00 ± 0.50ghi28.50 ± 0.27ef27.50 ± 0.32g29.70 ± 0.74jk28.47 ± 0.70k50.14 ± 1.67ab43.23 ± 3.44b-f
BINAsoybean-323.90 ± 0.82ghi19.60 ± 1.17l27.63 ± 0.31fg16.71 ± 0.44°35.43 ± 1.01bc30.48 ± 0.75hij46.47 ± 0.48a-d39.90 ± 2.63def
BINAsoybean-521.23 ± 1.27jkl20.73 ± 1.57kl30.58 ± 0.37cd19.99 ± 0.29l31.49 ± 0.78f-i28.47 ± 0.70k44.74 ± 0.93a-e36.65 ± 2.91f
BINAsoybean-627.88 ± 1.63bcd25.27 ± 1.31efg29.74 ± 0.32 d12.70 ± 0.12p31.71 ± 0.78e-h31.18 ± 0.77ghi49.61 ± 2.14ab39.87 ± 3.92def
SGB-128.79 ± 1.99abc19.10 ± 1.27kl19.28 ± 0.41lm18.71 ± 0.63m30.38 ± 0.75ij25.79 ± 0.64l50.00 ± 0.79ab42.79 ± 2.35b-f
SGB-330.19 ± 0.59a25.27 ± 1.28efg30.85 ± 0.38bc17.77 ± 0.44n28.80 ± 0.71k24.67 ± 0.61l48.99 ± 2.87abc37.91 ± 3.27g
SGB-429.86 ± 0.90ab20.09 ± 1.17kl25.30 ± 0.86i22.30 ± 0.36k28.58 ± 0.71k24.60 ± 0.70l51.73 ± 2.03a42.63 ± 4.41b-f
SGB-528.18 ± 1.61a-d24.37 ± 1.58fgh31.50 ± 0.87 b23.90 ± 0.42j35.84 ± 0.89bc30.26 ± 0.75ij50.32 ± 1.26ab41.72 ± 2.11c-f
GC-84028.42 ± 1.79abc22.88 ± 0.90hij28.42 ± 1.79abc22.88 ± 0.90hij37.63 ± 0.93a32.82 ± 0.81de51.75 ± 2.16a40.61 ± 2.34def
CV (%)5.12.184.24.1

For each treatment, the mean (±SD) was determined from three replicates. Different alphabets indicate significant difference at after mean comparison by Fisher’s LSD test.