The differences among the water stress treatments for
all the traits were highly significant (Table 1). There was
decrease in shoot and root related traits with increase in
concentration of PEG whereas the mean root number
increased with increasing level of PEG treatment in each
genotype (Figure 1). The maximum value for coleotile
length, root length, shoot and root dry weight was
observed in control (distilled water) and minimum value
was observed in 2% PEG. The differences among
genotypes were also highly significant for all the traits
(Table 2).