Table 2 Significance of variable variations between AMF and non-AMF colonized seedlings under WW and DS.

From: Mycorrhizas alter sucrose and proline metabolism in trifoliate orange exposed to drought stress

 

AMF

DS

AMF × DS

Fructose concentration

**

**

NS

Glucose concentration

**

**

NS

Sucrose concentration

**

**

**

AI

**

**

**

NI

**

NS

**

SS

**

NS

**

SPS

**

**

**

Net activity of sucrose-metabolized enzymes

**

**

**

RWC

**

**

NS

Proline concentration

**

**

*

P5CR

**

**

NS

P5CS

**

**

NS

OAT

*

**

NS

ProDH

**

NS

*

  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; NS: not significant. Abbreviation: AI, acid invertase; AMF, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus; DS, drought stress; NI, neutral invertase; OAT, ornithine-δ-aminotransferase; P5CR, Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase; P5CS, Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase; ProDH, proline dehydrogenase; RWC, relative water content; SPS, sucrose phosphate synthase; SS, sucrose synthase (degrading direction); WW, well watered.
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