Evaluation of cotton germplasm for morphological and biochemical host plant resistance traits against sucking insect pests complex

Table 2 Morphological and biochemical host plant resistance traits in different genotypes of cotton

Genotypes	Leaf area /cm²	Leaf glanding	Total soluble sugars content /(mg·g^− 1)	Total soluble proteins content /(mg·g^− 1)	Total phenolic content /(mg·g^− 1)	Tannin content /(mg·g^− 1)	Total flavonoids content /(mg·g^− 1)	Seed cotton yield /(kg·ha^− 1)
Glandless-1 (Susceptible check)	73.49 cd	0.67 g	22.67 a	55.55 a	14.89 g	2.05 c	04.47 f	1 011 d
NIA-82	55.88 g	3.00 f	17.38 b	57.09 a	22.97 f	2.56 bc	05.42 ef	1 398 c
NIA-M30	88.68 a	4.13 de	14.07 cd	48.11 b	25.97 ef	3.06 ab	07.78 cde	1 547 c
Sadori	62.70 f	4.00 e	12.24 def	35.22 efg	28.97 de	3.04 ab	09.80 bc	2 237 a
NIA-H67	69.68 de	4.33 cde	12.37 cdef	32.78 gh	30.24 cd	3.17 ab	07.83 cde	1 478 c
NIA-Bt.30	73.80 cd	4.53 bcd	12.90 cde	45.90 bc	30.50 cd	3.10 ab	06.85 def	2 129 ab
NIA-H32	58.76 fg	4.07 e	14.02 cd	34.42 fg	31.04 cd	2.99 ab	08.82 bcd	1 409 c
NIA-H24	80.87 b	4.80 ab	15.27 bc	37.67 ef	31.80 bcd	3.18 ab	07.45 cde	1 461 c
NIAB-112	71.27 d	5.00 a	15.07 bcd	39.00 de	32.24 bcd	3.01 ab	08.69 bcd	1894 b
NIA-HM48	81.78 b	4.20 de	10.87 efg	42.78 cd	32.85 bc	3.20 ab	10.17 bc	1 618 c
NIAB-878	79.62 bc	4.87 ab	09.53 fg	30.22 hi	34.58 ab	3.13 ab	11.21 ab	2 209 a
NIAB-Kiran	63.51 ef	4.67 abc	08.54 g	27.11 i	36.56 a	3.30 a	13.10 a	2 186 a

Means sharing similar letters in columns are not significantly different by LSD test at the 0.05 probability level (P > 0.05)

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