Table 1 Change of leaf free water\bound water content in leaves of cassava under drought stress.

From: Physiological and proteomic analysis on long-term drought resistance of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

Treatment

Total water content (%)

Free water content (%)

Bound water content (%)

Free water/bound water

CK

71.23 ± 0.27 a

53.12 ± 0.50 a

18.10 ± 0.27 c

2.93 ± 0.03 a

LD

70.28 ± 0.25 a

50.99 ± 0.62 ab

19.28 ± 0.25 bc

2.64 ± 0.03 b

MD

69.70 ± 0.32 ab

49.24 ± 0.28 b

20.46 ± 0.32 ab

2.41 ± 0.01 c

SD

68.30 ± 0.21 b

47.10 ± 1.01 b

21.20 ± 0.21 a

2.22 ± 0.05 d

  1. The data are the mean value ± standard deviation (SD) of three independent biological repeats. The figures followed by different letters within the same column indicate the statistical significant at the level of 0.05 (p < 0.05).
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