Consistent with the increase in chlorophyll under drought,
leaf colour of water deficient plants was dark green compared
with the leaf colour of well-watered plants. In addition, soil
water deficit delayed the phenology of Caisin while waterlogging
accelerated it.Flower emergence of waterlogged
plants began 9 days after treatment began, compared with 12
days for the well-watered plants. However, no flowers
appeared on the plants exposed to soil water deficit up to
the harvesting date.