Table 3 Essential oil composition of the synthetic variety (SYN) and parental genotypes of Cumin, percentage change of mean traits under drought stress compared to normal conditions, and percentage superiority of the synthetic variety (SYN) over parental genotypes.
Component | Parents | Change (%) | SYN | Change (%) | The superiority percentage of the synthetic variety compared to the parents (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Stress | Normal | Stress | Normal | Stress | |||
beta-Pinene (C10H16) | 4.62 ± 2.02 | 4.12 ± 1.54 | −10.99 | 10.08 ± 0.03 | 7.75 ± 0.04 | −23.12 | 118.00 | 88.31 |
p-Cymene (C10H14) | 7.50 ± 1.28 | 7.30 ± 2.07 | −2.68 | 2.04 ± 0.05 | 1.38 ± 0.03 | −32.35 | −72.80 | −81.10 |
gamma-Terpinene (C10H16) | 5.73 ± 2.37 | 5.27 ± 2.43 | −8.10 | 4.73 ± 0.06 | 3.21 ± 0.03 | −32.14 | −17.45 | −39.04 |
Cumin aldehyde (C10H12O) | 58.78 ± 5.23 | 58.29 ± 4.26 | −0.83 | 64.58 ± 0.03 | 71.03 ± 0.02 | 9.99 | 9.87 | 21.85 |
cis-beta-Farnesene (C15H24) | 3.93 ± 2.42 | 3.27 ± 1.20 | −16.77 | 2.80 ± 0.04 | 3.99 ± 0.03 | 42.50 | −28.78 | 21.95 |
(+)-Acoradiene (C15H24) | 1.69 ± 1.08 | 2.38 ± 1.60 | 41.14 | 2.79 ± 0.01 | 3.58 ± 0.03 | 28.32 | 65.15 | 50.14 |
Carotol (C15H26O) | 1.58 ± 1.12 | 1.82 ± 1.90 | 15.38 | 1.57 ± 0.04 | 2.39 ± 0.04 | 52.23 | −0.67 | 31.05 |
Phthalic acid (C8H6O4) | 2.72 ± 2.77 | 5.88 ± 5.59 | 116.13 | 5.50 ± 0.007 | 6.00 ± 0.07 | 9.09 | 102.21 | 2.06 |
Total | 86.56 | 88.33 | - | 94.09 | 99.33 | - | - | - |
