Research Article

Effect of Soil Moisture Deficit Stress on Biomass Accumulation of Four Coffee (Coffea arabica) Varieties in Zimbabwe

Table 5

Total plant biomass before stressing, after stressing, and after recovery.

Total Initial 21 days28 days21 + 14 days28 + 14 days
varietyFreshDryFreshDryFreshDryFreshDryFreshDry

SL288.11.76.92.0a6.1a2.0a9.12.29.62.2
Cat1299.72.09.32.2ab6.5ab2.1a9.92.513.13.1
Cat1288.71.97.12.3ab7.5ab2.4a10.92.58.92.0
CR9512.82.612.84.2b11.3b3.7b12.23.512.63.3

P 0.3270.230.2460.0380.037<0.0010.3790.1230.6610.36

Means with the same letter within a column are not significantly different according to Tukey’s test ( ).