Table S 1: Agromorphological and physiological raw data of sesame varieties grown under well watered and water stressed conditions. ,,,,,,,,,, PH1and PH2 are plant heights measured 30 and 60 days after water stress imposition; RGR = relative growth rate; RWC = relative water content ,,,,,,,,,, Variety,Treatments,Rep,PH1 (cm),No branches,No leaves,Leaf length,Leaf width,PH2 (cm),RGR (cm/day),RWC (%) ,,,,,,(cm),(cm),,, ,Well Watered,1,41,0,11,8,4,51,0.85,55.36 Abasena,,2,42.5,0,13,7.5,4,52.5,0.88,71.91 ,,3,43,0,10,9,4.5,53,0.88,77.27 ,,4,41,0,12,8,4,50,0.83,56.33 ,,5,42.5,0,10,7.5,4,50.5,0.84,44.13 ,,6,43,0,8,9,4.5,49,0.82,62.55 ,,7,41,0,8,10.5,5,50,0.83,43.93 ,,8,43,0,8,10,5,54,0.9,77.58 ,,9,42.5,0,6,9,4.5,52,0.87,63.5 ,Water Stressed,1,32,0,7,5,3,40,0.67,44.75 ,,2,34,0,6,4,2,39,0.65,55.26 ,,3,36,0,9,5,3,40,0.67,50 ,,4,36,0,8,5,3,40,0.67,44.6 ,,5,35,0,8,4,2,40,0.67,62.55 ,,6,36,0,6,5,3,40,0.67,44.44 ,,7,39,0,6,5,3,38,0.63,55.46 ,,8,40,0,6,6,3,40,0.67,34.5 ,,9,35,0,6,7,3,38,0.63,62.26 Gondar-1,Well Watered,1,41,2,18,10.5,5,62,1.03,51.22 ,,2,43,0,16,10,5,64,1.07,67.37 ,,3,36,0,20,9,4.5,64.5,1.08,61.98 ,,4,40,2,10,10,5,54,0.9,77.68 ,,5,42,0,10,9,6,53,0.88,54.65 ,,6,41,0,10,10,6,52,0.87,62.76 ,,7,40,2,10,10,5,51,0.85,61.83 ,,8,42,0,10,9,6,52.5,0.88,54.34 ,,9,41,0,10,10,6,54,0.9,62.69 ,Water Stressed,1,33,0,11,4,3,45,0.75,74.7 ,,2,36,0,14,4,3,41,0.68,43.34 ,,3,32,0,9,5,3,48,0.8,61.69 ,,4,32,0,8,4,3,38,0.63,61.69 ,,5,34,0,8,4,3,41,0.68,60.94 ,,6,34,0,8,3,2,40,0.67,70.67 ,,7,38,0,6,6,3,38,0.63,63.37 ,,8,37,0,8,5,2.9,40,0.67,61.98 ,,9,36,0,6,7,3.5,36,0.6,62.69 Humera-1,Well Watered,1,42,0,12,7.5,4,55,0.92,62.88 ,,2,41,0,10,6,3,54,0.9,75.16 ,,3,44,0,9,8,3,56,0.93,62.83 ,,4,42,4,10,7.5,4,55,0.92,62.76 ,,5,41,0,10,6,3,54,0.9,68.2 ,,6,44,0,10,8,3,56,0.93,55.95 ,,7,40,2,8,10,5,54,0.9,66.59 ,,8,42,0,6,9,6,56,0.93,52.53 ,,9,41,0,8,10,6,52,0.87,80.88 ,,1,36,0,8,4,2,40,0.67,59.56 ,,2,34,0,8,4,2,41,0.68,67.53 ,,3,36,0,9,5,3,41,0.68,62.55 ,,4,34,0,8,4,2,40,0.67,54.85 ,,5,34,0,8,4,2,38,0.63,33.48 ,,6,36,0,8,4,3,40,0.67,71.75 ,,7,36,0,6,6,3,38,0.63,50.92 ,,8,37,0,6,6,3,36,0.6,44.98 ,,9,37.5,0,6,5,2.8,36,0.6,80.92 Wollega,Well Watered,1,40,6,13,10,5,52,0.87,62.55 ,,2,42,0,12,9,6,54,0.9,58.51 ,,3,41,0,12,10,6,51,0.85,84.13 ,,4,41,2,10,10.5,5,52,0.87,87.67 ,,5,43,0,12,10,5,54,0.9,90.8 ,,6,42.5,0,12,9,4.5,53.5,0.89,71.01 ,,7,42,4,8,7.5,4,52,0.87,55.06 ,,8,41,0,6,6,3,56,0.93,45.45 ,,9,44,0,8,8,3.5,56,0.93,52.76 ,Water Stressed,1,32,0,9,4,3,40,0.67,53.81 ,,2,32,0,9,4,3,38,0.63,62.83 ,,3,33,0,10,3,2,39,0.65,53.2 ,,4,36,0,8,4,3,38,0.63,89.12 ,,5,34,0,8,4,3,40,0.67,90.52 ,,6,32,0,6,5,3,38,0.63,91.48 ,,7,39,0,6,5,2.8,38,0.63,44.13 ,,8,37,0,6,5,2.6,38,0.63,54.02 ,,9,38,0,6,5,3,40,0.67,44.13