Table 1 Effects of foliar α-oxoglutarate and nitrogen on fresh weight under drought stress (g plant−1).

From: Foliar application of alpha-ketoglutarate plus nitrogen improves drought resistance in soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.)

Treatment

S1 stage

S2 stage

S3 stage

Hefeng51

Hefeng43

Hefeng51

Hefeng43

Hefeng51

Hefeng43

DS1

3.31b

3.82b

3.25b

3.69b

2.98b

3.21b

DS2

3.36b

3.86b

3.31b

3.70b

3.01b

3.32b

DS3

3.41b

3.91b

3.37b

3.72b

3.08b

3.38b

CK1

3.02c

3.59c

2.78c

3.28c

2.48c

2.71c

CK2

3.84a

4.25a

3.95a

4.31a

4.11a

4.49a

Analysis of variance (ANOVA)

Treatment (T)

**

**

**

***

***

***

Cultivar (C)

***

***

**

C × T

**

***

**

  1. Means with same letter within columns are not significantly different (P < 0.05) using LSD test.
  2. ***, **Significance at 0.001 and 0.01, respectively.