Table 2 Variance analysis of biochemical and phytochemical responses of the native species L. coronopifolia to water scarcity and external ABA application.

Traits	Mean of squares					CV (%) (coefficient of variation)
Traits	Replications (R)	Irrigation regimes (I)	Abscisic acid (I)	Irrigation regimes × Abscisic Acid (IA)	Error	CV (%) (coefficient of variation)
df (degree of freedom)	2	3	2	6	22
Shoot dry mass	0.37	35.04^**	3.65^**	1.43^**	0.54	5.36
Leaf relative content	4.187	2393.28^**	773.07^**	56.06^*	15.32	6.71
Leaf proline content	0.0295	13.97^**	2.57^**	0.42^**	0.116	10.32
Antioxidant activity	43.10	3005.48^**	1109.02^**	59.61^*	14.60	7.23
Soluble sugar	2.58	2380.63^**	618.63^**	17.49 ^ns	7.73	6.13
Total phenol	0.0064	1.11^**	0.15 ^**	0.40^ns	4.45	17.28
Flavonoid	0.0033	0.097^**	0.016^**	0.0029 ^ns	0.0013	11.12
SOD¹	220.97	32138.91^**	21314.27^**	1487.10^**	123.08	4.62
POX²	1407.62	39793.27^**	11314.32^**	2161.02 ^ns	902.80	13.25
APX³	1364.91	42563.46^**	9554.79^**	2398.93 ^ns	1082.42	14.15
CAT⁴	1250.13	61918.18^**	27565.79^**	1226.81^*	478.41	6.62
EL	36.71	323.13^*	76.51 ^ns	9.19 ^ns	26.33	19.32
MDA⁵	0.381	37.90^*	1.41^*	1.61^**	0.259	6.78
Essential oil rate (%)	0.00245	1.224^**	0.474^**	0.464^**	0.0086	13.28
EO⁶ yield g/plant	0.00007	0.018^**	0.0090^**	0.0074^**	0.00011	11.92

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