Table 1: Growth responses of wheat genotypes under control and PEG treatments.Mean followed by same letters are non-significantly different at a level of P < 0.05

Treatments

Varieties

% G

GI

Shoot Length (cm)

Root Length (cm)

Shoot Fresh wt. per plant (g)

Shoot dry wt. (g)

Root Fresh wt. (g)

Root dry wt. (g)

T1 (Control)

SD-621

100a

7.50a

17.07ab

17.07b

0.118ab

0.015ab

0.071a

0.0073ab

SD-222

100a

7.50a

16.83ab

19. 84a

0.120a

0.014bc

0.061bc

0.0057bc

NIA-Saarang

100a

7.50a

17.53a

17.59b

0.105bc

0.014bc

0.065ab

0.0063abc

22-03

100a

7.50a

15.68b

18.17b

0.111abc

0.011cdef

0.043d

0.007ab

Khirman

100a

7.50a

16.19ab

20.44a

0.109abc

0.012bcd

0.071a

0.0077ab

Chakwal-86

100a

7.42a

16.50ab

17.97b

0.104c

0.012bcd

0.057c

0.0053bc

T2(-0.5MPa)

V1 SD-621

80.0abc

6.04ab

13.38c

10.17de

0.037fg

0.018a

0.024fgh

0.0067abc

V2 SD-222

98.89 a

7.30a

13.33c

12.12c

0.051e

0.009efgh

0.031ef

0.0063abc

NIA-Saarang

54.45bcd

5.73ab

12.67cd

10.18de

0.043ef

0.009fgh

0.029efg

0.005bc

22-03

91.1ab

6.42ab

10.97e

11.53cd

0.079d

0.009efgh

0.036de

0.0064abc

Khirman

73.33abc

5.50ab

10.77e

10.85cde

0.045ef

0.0098defg

0.019hij

0.0057bc

Chakwal-86

86.67ab

6.42ab

10.47ef

10.32de

0.032ft

0.008ghi

0.021hij

0.0073ab

T3 (-0.75 MPa)

V1 SD-621

96.67 a

7.33a

11.42de

7.60f

0.029fg

0.005ij

0.021ghij

0.0057bc

V2 SD-222

96.7a

7.08a

7.75g

7.20fg

0.033fg

0.006hij

0.023ghi

0.0077ab

NIA-Saarang

78.9abc

5.73ab

8.12g

6.08g

0.017hi

0.006hij

0.016ij

0.0037c

22-03

68.87abc

5.75ab

11.27de

10.68cde

0.073d

0.014bc

0.025fgh

0.006bc

Khirman

31.12 d

5.7ab

3.13h

7.43fg

0.014i

0.004j

0.007k

0.0047bc

Chakwal-86

47.80cd

3.67b

9.07fg

9.61e

0.024ghi

0.012cde

0.015j

0.0093a

LSD

37.438

3.0546

1.609

1.5114

0.0141

3.179

7.644

0.0027

S.E

18.422

1.5031

0.792

0.7437

0.0385

1.564

3.762

2.679