Table 3 Mean comparison of morphological and physiological traits of KC-2226 genotype under drought stress.
Treatment | RWC (%) | Seedling shoot length (cm) | Seedling root length (cm) | Leaves number | Claws number | Seedling shoot FW (g) | Seedling root FW (g) | Seedling shoot DW (g) | Seedling root DW (g) | Yellow leaves (%) | Tubular leaves (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 74.19 ± 4.60 | 4.25 ± 0.14 | 36.5 ± 0.87 | 7.00 ± 0.58 | 2.00 ± 0.00 | 0.48 ± 0.00 | 1.45 ± 0.00 | 0.10 ± 0.00 | 0.15 ± 0.00 | 34.52 ± 2.49 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
Drought stress | 46.14 ± 5.00 | 6.50 ± 0.29 | 26.5 ± 3.75 | 22.67 ± 1.45 | 4.67 ± 0.33 | 1.53 ± 0.10 | 2.23 ± 0.09 | 0.45 ± 0.04 | 0.26 ± 0.01 | 29.63 ± 5.46 | 24.26 ± 2.28 |
Treatment | Mature plant shoot DW (g) | Mature plant root DW (g) | Flag leaf length (cm) | Peduncle length (cm) | Spikes length (cm) | Spikes number | Proline (ÎĽM/gFW) | SOD (Unit/mg protein) | CAT (ÎĽM H2O2 dec/min/mg protein) | APX (ÎĽM H2O2 dec/min/mg protein) | POX (ÎĽM H2O2 dec/min/mg protein) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 10.92 ± 0.47 | 7.75 ± 1.39 | 7.09 ± 0.05 | 3.00 ± 0.00 | 8.25 ± 0.14 | 5.67 ± 0.88 | 0.449 ± 0.001 | 0.077 ± 0.001 | 0.222 ± 0.001 | 0.089 ± 0.001 | 1.203 ± 0.002 |
Drought stress | 13.17 ± 0.41 | 5.09 ± 0.33 | 5.92 ± 0.43 | 1.87 ± 0.40 | 6.89 ± 0.36 | 20.67 ± 0.33 | 3.287 ± 0.147 | 0.129 ± 0.017 | 0.435 ± 0.029 | 0.271 ± 0.016 | 3.425 ± 0.223 |
