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Table 4 Mean shoot transpiration efficiency (g kg−1) for all 11 studied genotypes for harvests soon after the flag-leaf stage, around 1000 °Cd after sowing, in the three experiments (i.e. E1H3, E2H1 and E3H1)

From: A low-cost method to rapidly and accurately screen for transpiration efficiency in wheat

Genotype

Mean shoot TE (g kg−1)

Experiment 1 (E1H3)

Experiment 2 (E2H1)

Experiment 3 (E3H1)

Suntop

4.98b,c

4.44a,b

4.18a

NIL28

5.57a

4.42a,b

3.97a,b

Scout

5.27a,b

4.61a

3.97a,b

Drysdale

4.68c,d

4.29b,c

4.12a,b

NIL11

5.22a,b

4.02c,d

3.92b

Hartog

5.60a

3.81d,e

3.54c,d

NIL63

4.95b,c

4.24b,c

4.13a,b

SeriM82

4.46d,e

3.93d

3.47c,d

NIL113

4.73c,d

4.02c,d

3.68c

Mace

4.07e

3.59e

3.19e

Babax

4.25e

3.21f

3.36d,e

  1. Superscript letters represent genotype groups that were not significantly different based on least significant difference (LSD, P = 0.05)