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Table 2 Mean squares from analysis of variance for plant height, seed cotton yield/plant and ginning outturn of eight cotton genotypes/strains/accessions grown under short term hypoxia conditions

From: Hypoxia tolerance studies for yield, fiber and physiological traits in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Sources of variations

df

Plant height /cm

Seed cotton yield per plant

Ginning out turn /%

Staple length /mm

Fibre Fineness / (μg ·inch-1)

Fibre Strength / (cN ·tex-1)

Replications

2

2.438

3.771 ns

0.079 ns

0.013 ns

0.033 ns

1.396 ns

Genotypes/accession/cultivars

7

6 696.178*

1 043.798***

45.588***

10.978***

0.377***

152.639***

Waterlogging (Wtl.)

1

2 380.023**

2 920.475***

8.755***

15.755***

0.13**

25.521***

Interaction (Gen. × Wtl.)

7

215.512**

109.321***

0.760***

0.199 ns

0.033*

3.521***

Error

30

9.749

5.193

0.141

0.092

0.013

0.68

LSD at 0.05

 

1.676

1.224

0.202

0.163

0.055

0.044

  1. ns Non significant
  2. * = P ≤ (0.05),** = P ≤ (0.01), *** = P ≤ (0.001) significant, respectively