Morphological, Physiological, and Biochemical Characterization of Drought-Tolerant Wheat (Triticum spp.) Varieties

Table 5

Mean comparison of selected morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of wheat species under well-watered and water stress conditions.

Species of wheat	Plant height (cm)	Spike length (cm)	No. of seeds spike^−1	Relative water content (%)	Relative chlorophyll content (SPAD unit)	Proline (µmol g^−1)	Total soluble sugar (mg/g)
Bread wheat	56.2	5.9^a	10.1^b	69.2	41.0^b	2.8^b	48.7
Durum wheat	56.3	4.6^b	11.3^a	69.8	47.4^a	4.1^a	47.97
Mean	56.2	5.3	10.7	69.5	44.2	3.4	48.3
CV	8.8	14.1	12.5	15.2	9.2	23.6	6.4
LSD(0.05)	ns	0.35	0.63	ns	1.91	0.38	ns

Note. ns, not significant at  < 0.05. CV, coefficient of variation; LSD_(0.05), list significant difference of species.