Table 2 Effect of temperature, drought, and GSH on root parameters of wheat seedling.
From: Exogenous glutathione protected wheat seedling from high temperature and water deficit damages
Temperature (T) °C | Root length | Project area | Surface area | Root diameter | Root volume | Tips | Forks | Root fresh weight | Root dry weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(cm) | (cm2) | (cm2) | (mm) | (mm3) | (mg) | (mg) | |||
25 | 138.01a | 9.41a | 21.78a | 0.845a | 0.447a | 713.68b | 884.94a | 261.64a | 18.58a |
33 | 97.34b | 5.27b | 10.51b | 0.681b | 0.227b | 799.95a | 499.95b | 128.71b | 13.36b |
Water regime (W) | |||||||||
Wn | 105.07b | 6.34b | 14.51b | 0.935a | 0.287b | 613.93b | 567.58b | 212.23a | 17.77a |
Wd | 130.28a | 8.34a | 17.78a | 0.591b | 0.386a | 899.70a | 817.34a | 178.13b | 14.17b |
T × W | |||||||||
25 × Wn | 119.70ab | 7.79b | 18.65a | 0.990 ns | 0.374ab | 537.11b | 732.73 ns | 269.98a | 20.56 ns |
25 × Wd | 156.33a | 11.03a | 24.90a | 0.701 | 0.520a | 890.25a | 1037.16 | 253.30a | 16.61 |
33 × Wn | 90.44b | 4.89c | 10.36b | 0.879 | 0.201b | 690.75ab | 402.43 | 154.48b | 14.99 |
33 × Wd | 104.23b | 5.65bc | 10.66b | 0.482 | 0.253ab | 909.15a | 597.48 | 102.95b | 11.73 |
GSH (mM) | |||||||||
0.0 | 112.92 ns | 6.05b | 14.26b | 0.525b | 0.267b | 676.08b | 670.82 ns | 169.43b | 14.83 ns |
0.5 | 122.18 | 7.95a | 17.45a | 0.844a | 0.369a | 758.53a | 699.46 | 209.68a | 16.77 |
1.0 | 118.69 | 7.77a | 16.73a | 0.844a | 0.360a | 791.60a | 649.18 | 203.40a | 15.52 |
2.0 | 116.91 | 7.59a | 16.14a | 0.839a | 0.351a | 801.05a | 750.33 | 199.87a | 16.76 |
