Figure 1

Plot of significant metabolomic variables in the PCA of four plant species (a) C. spinarum (b) B. brachycarpa (c) C. distans and (d) A. sitosa under different levels of watering treatments (p < 0.05). Water treated samples are indicated by different colors and geometrical figures. Loadings of metabolomic variables in PC1 and PC2 are shown. The various metabolites groups are represented by colors: dark blue, sugars; dark green, amino acids; green, amino-acid derivatives; red, organic acids; dark gray, nucleotides; and brown, terpenes and phenolics.