Response of Sorghum to Cold Stress at Early Developmental Stage

Table 7

Relative ranking of sorghum lines based on rank summation index values from soil-based assay and field trial.

Entry	Soil-based assay							Field trials
	E	EI	Vigor	Shoot length	SDW	RDW	Germ. (cold)	E	Vigor	Shoot length	SDW	Rank summation index
IS 25557	2	3	2	4	2	2	11	1	1	4	5	37
IS 11838	1	9	1	1	1	3	5	4	3	2	12	42
BM 6	6	8	5	5	3	6	4	5	2	8	8	60
BM 29	3	4	4	6	4	1	22	6	4	3	4	61
IESV 90042 LT	4	5	3	9	8	4	3	8	7	7	6	64
IS 25546	5	7	7	2	6	7	6	10	9	1	16	76
CYTANOBE	8	14	15	3	11	5	7	7	6	5	3	84
IS 25558	12	2	10	7	7	12	1	13	8	9	18	99
IS 25547	10	15	6	15	9	10	20	2	5	6	2	100
NDAMOGA	7	6	14	8	5	9	8	19	17	26	25	144
BM 21	9	13	23	12	18	19	30	15	11	29	14	193
BM 16	23	28	12	24	24	15	19	12	12	10	22	201
BM 27	13	17	20	19	15	23	14	22	26	31	1	201
MB 30	14	12	21	10	10	17	26	18	30	23	24	205
IS 11442	30	37	29	11	25	11	21	3	14	14	11	206
IS 25561	15	19	18	27	21	32	27	14	19	20	10	222
N 12	27	21	30	20	17	13	32	9	15	22	17	223
ABALESHYA	21	23	11	22	20	14	31	25	24	15	21	227
NYUNDO	25	16	26	16	12	18	2	28	21	35	31	230
AMASUGI	11	25	19	29	31	29	9	24	22	13	28	240
E 1291	16	30	9	33	33	30	29	16	13	24	15	248
IS 25563	18	35	13	38	28	28	16	11	18	19	26	250
S 87	32	27	27	14	16	8	38	35	34	11	13	255
IESV 91073 LT	29	26	31	25	34	38	15	17	16	17	23	271
IS 25562	20	20	16	17	30	27	35	20	29	30	29	273
IS 29415	19	18	22	18	27	39	18	27	10	38	37	273
IS 11612	22	36	17	13	14	21	36	23	31	27	35	275
IESV 91075 LT	35	24	33	21	13	35	34	21	20	18	32	286
IKINYARUKA	28	22	24	26	35	24	17	29	25	25	33	288
IESV 91018 LT	33	38	34	23	19	22	39	33	35	12	9	297
IS 11721	17	11	25	36	39	36	24	31	27	16	39	301
IESV 91003 LT	37	33	35	28	23	16	12	38	38	28	19	307
IS 25545	24	34	8	31	29	25	28	34	36	39	20	308
N 2	38	39	38	34	22	33	13	26	23	21	27	314
IESV 91105 LT	40	1	40	39	38	31	10	40	39	33	7	318
IESV 90015 LT	26	32	28	32	26	26	37	36	28	34	34	339
IESV 91069 LT	31	29	32	30	32	20	33	30	33	40	36	346
IESV 91071 LT	34	31	36	35	37	37	25	32	32	32	40	371
IESV 91054 LT	36	40	37	37	36	34	23	39	40	36	30	388
IS 29376	39	10	39	40	40	40	40	37	37	37	38	397

E, emergence; EI, emergence index; Germ., germination rate; SDW, shoot dry weight; RDW, root dry weight.