Response of Sorghum to Cold Stress at Early Developmental Stage

Table 3

Mean squares of field trials for all observed traits and their interactions across all locations and seasons.

Source of variation	d.f.	Emergence (arcsine)	Vigor	Shoot length	Seedling dry weight
Location (L)	1	7,453.62	102.95	2,429.55	36.95
Season (S)	1	2,503.01	20.63	29.35	10.46
L × S	1	37.76 ns	2.17	240.13	13.98
L × S/Rep	8	31.65	0.30	2.51	0.02
Genotype (G)	39	887.40	13.20	24.58	0.18
G × L	39	40.82	0.78	3.70	0.05
G × S	39	48.26	0.71	1.96	0.04
G × L × S	39	36.52	0.59	2.81	0.04
Pooled error	312	18.55	0.26	1.13	0.01
C.V. (%)	—	8.84	9.38	9.66	4.92

ns, nonsignificant. Significant at ; significant at ; significant at .