Variability of Root and Shoot Traits under PEG-Induced Drought Stress at an Early Vegetative Growth Stage of Soybean
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material and Experimental Design
2.2. Trait Measurements
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Analysis of Variance
3.2. Effect of Drought on Trait Means
3.3. Correlation between Traits
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Code | Genotype | MG | Country of Origin | Breeding Company | Code | Genotype | MG | Genotype Status | Breeding Company |
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1 | Zlata | 0–I | Croatia | UniZg | 17 | Buga | 0 | Croatia | UniZg |
2 | Ružica | 0–I | Croatia | UniZg | 18 | Gabriela | 0 | Croatia | UniZg |
3 | Zagrebčanka | I | Croatia | UniZg | 19 | Sanda | 0 | Croatia | AIO |
4 | Pedro | 0–I | Italy | ERSA | 20 | Sonja | 0 | Croatia | AIO |
5 | Bahia | 0–I | Italy | ERSA | 21 | Toma | 0 | Croatia | AIO |
6 | Ascasubi | I | Italy | ERSA | 22 | Ema | 00–0 | Croatia | AIO |
7 | Ika | 0–I | Croatia | AIO | 23 | Korana | 00–0 | Croatia | AIO |
8 | OS Zora | 0–I | Croatia | AIO | 24 | Lucija | 0 | Croatia | AIO |
9 | Tena | 0–I | Croatia | AIO | 25 | OS-1 | 0 | Croatia | AIO |
10 | Sara | 0–I | Croatia | AIO | 26 | OS-2 | 00–0 | Croatia | AIO |
11 | Seka | I | Croatia | AIO | 27 | OS-4 | 00–0 | Croatia | AIO |
12 | Tisa | I | Croatia | AIO | 28 | OS-5 | 0 | Croatia | AIO |
13 | OS-3 | 0–I | Croatia | AIO | 29 | OS-6 | 0 | Croatia | AIO |
14 | OS-8 | 0–I | Croatia | AIO | 30 | OS-7 | 00–0 | Croatia | AIO |
15 | DH 5170 | I | Canada | UniG | 31 | Merkur | 00 | Serbia | IFVC |
16 | Galina | 0 | Serbia | IFVC | 32 | Xonia | 00 | Italy | ERSA |
Trait | Treatment | ANOVA across Treatments | ANOVA by Treatment | |||
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Genotype (G) | Treatment (T) | G × T | Genotype | h2 | ||
RL | Control | ** | ** | ** | ** | 0.53 |
Drought | ** | 0.83 | ||||
SL | Control | ** | ** | ** | ** | 0.97 |
Drought | ** | 0.96 | ||||
RFW | Control | ** | ** | ** | ** | 0.85 |
Drought | ** | 0.68 | ||||
SFW | Control | ** | ** | ** | ** | 0.84 |
Drought | ** | 0.80 | ||||
RDM | Control | ** | ** | * | ** | 0.67 |
Drought | ** | 0.68 | ||||
SDM | Control | ** | ** | NS | ** | 0.76 |
Drought | ** | 0.80 | ||||
RL/SL | Control | ** | ** | ** | ** | 0.94 |
Drought | ** | 0.96 | ||||
RFW/SFW | Control | ** | ** | NS | ** | 0.72 |
Drought | ** | 0.78 | ||||
RL/RFW | Control | ** | ** | NS | ** | 0.80 |
Drought | ** | 0.56 | ||||
SL/SFW | Control | ** | ** | ** | ** | 0.92 |
Drought | ** | 0.94 |
Absolute Units | Change (% of Control) | |||||||
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Trait | Treatment | Mean | Min | Max | CV (%) | Mean | Min | Max |
RL (mm) | Control | 362 | 329 | 381 | 3.3 | −11 | −1 | −34 |
Drought | 324 | 231 | 359 | 8.3 | ||||
SL (mm) | Control | 415 | 258 | 717 | 24.1 | −17 | −5 | −35 |
Drought | 345 | 222 | 567 | 24.2 | ||||
RFW (g/plant) | Control | 2.10 | 1.45 | 3.04 | 17.9 | −38 | −24 | −50 |
Drought | 1.29 | 0.88 | 1.59 | 12.5 | ||||
SFW (g/plant) | Control | 2.02 | 1.29 | 2.74 | 15.4 | −34 | −16 | −50 |
Drought | 1.31 | 0.92 | 1.71 | 14.7 | ||||
RDM (%) | Control | 6.85 | 5.71 | 8.34 | 8.9 | 13 | −6 | 33 |
Drought | 7.72 | 6.77 | 9.12 | 7.4 | ||||
SDM (%) | Control | 16.6 | 14.5 | 18.7 | 6.6 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
Drought | 18.4 | 15.6 | 20.8 | 7.6 | ||||
RL/SL | Control | 0.92 | 0.51 | 1.39 | 20.3 | 8 | −17 | 43 |
Drought | 0.98 | 0.59 | 1.53 | 21.4 | ||||
RFW/SFW | Control | 1.05 | 0.85 | 1.33 | 11.5 | −4 | −21 | 25 |
Drought | 1.00 | 0.78 | 1.28 | 13.0 | ||||
RL/RFW | Control | 179 | 129 | 241 | 15.7 | 45 | 9 | 79 |
Drought | 255 | 214 | 314 | 10.6 | ||||
SL/SFW | Control | 208 | 142 | 301 | 18.9 | 28 | 5 | 55 |
Drought | 265 | 166 | 402 | 20.4 |
Trait | Treatment | SL (mm) | RFW (g/Plant) | SFW (g) | RDM (%) | SDM (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RL (mm) | Control | 0.37 * | 0.49 ** | 0.38 * | 0.41 * | 0.49 ** |
Drought | 0.23 | 0.57 ** | 0.43 * | 0.42 * | 0.48 ** | |
SL (mm) | Control | 0.33 | 0.59 ** | 0.28 | 0.60 ** | |
Drought | 0.16 | 0.49 ** | 0.08 | 0.61 ** | ||
RFW (g/plant) | Control | 0.75 ** | 0.94 ** | 0.79 ** | ||
Drought | 0.57 ** | 0.88 ** | 0.49 ** | |||
SFW (g/plant) | Control | 0.71 ** | 0.95 ** | |||
Drought | 0.43 * | 0.86 ** | ||||
RDM (%) | Control | 0.80 ** | ||||
Drought | 0.41 * |
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Bukan, M.; Kereša, S.; Pejić, I.; Sudarić, A.; Lovrić, A.; Šarčević, H. Variability of Root and Shoot Traits under PEG-Induced Drought Stress at an Early Vegetative Growth Stage of Soybean. Agronomy 2024, 14, 1188. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061188
Bukan M, Kereša S, Pejić I, Sudarić A, Lovrić A, Šarčević H. Variability of Root and Shoot Traits under PEG-Induced Drought Stress at an Early Vegetative Growth Stage of Soybean. Agronomy. 2024; 14(6):1188. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061188
Chicago/Turabian StyleBukan, Miroslav, Snježana Kereša, Ivan Pejić, Aleksandra Sudarić, Ana Lovrić, and Hrvoje Šarčević. 2024. "Variability of Root and Shoot Traits under PEG-Induced Drought Stress at an Early Vegetative Growth Stage of Soybean" Agronomy 14, no. 6: 1188. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14061188