Table 3.
Solute concentrations (total soluble sugars, proline, K+, Na+ and Ca2+) in leaves of control and stressed wheat genotypes based on symplastic water content at full turgor.
| Genotype | Treatment | Solute concentration (µmol g-1 symplastic water) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total soluble sugars | Proline | K+ | Na+ | Ca2+ | Total inorganic ions | ||
| D117 | Control | 345.9 ± 13.9ef | 2.6 ± 0.4f | 12.7 ± 0.1cd | 18.1 ± 1.3a | 7.5 ± 0.3bc | 38.3 |
| Stressed | 598.2 ± 45.6a | 3.5 ± 0.2ef | 15.3 ± 1.1bc | 20.6 ± 1.8a | 8.4 ± 0.8ab | 44.4 | |
| Syndiouk | Control | 343.4 ± 9.5f | 2.9 ± 0.3ef | 15.5 ± 1.5bc | 18.2 ± 1.5a | 8.3 ± 0.6bc | 41.9 |
| Stressed | 472.4 ± 21.0bc | 7.6 ± 0.9a | 21.2 ± 0.9a | 24.6 ± 2.2a | 10.1 ± 1.0a | 55.9 | |
| Td7 | Control | 229.6 ± 14.4g | 6.3 ± 0.2abc | 18.2 ± 0.6ab | 19.1 ± 2.4a | 7.6 ± 0.5bc | 44.9 |
| Stressed | 405.2 ± 30.1de | 7.0 ± 0.8ab | 20.0 ± 1.3a | 22.0 ± 2.6a | 7.1 ± 0.2bc | 49.0 | |
| AG3 | Control | 272.7 ± 17.3g | 4.7 ± 0.5cde | 10.9 ± 0.7d | 16.7 ± 1.4a | 4.6 ± 0.5c | 32.2 |
| Stressed | 306.5 ± 13.5ef | 4.1 ± 0.3def | 12.4 ± 1.0cd | 17.0 ± 0.9a | 4.6 ± 0.3c | 28.7 | |
| Utique | Control | 375.8 ± 14.3def | 5.6 ± 0.4bcd | 18.9 ± 1.6ab | 22.0 ± 1.7a | 7.7 ± 1.1bc | 48.6 |
| Stressed | 498.2 ± 34.9b | 6.9 ± 0.4ab | 16.7 ± 0.7bc | 20.3 ± 1.5a | 7.9 ± 0.8bc | 44.8 | |
| BT | Control | 445.9 ± 31.8cd | 4.6 ± 0.5cde | 17.3 ± 1.2ab | 18.9 ± 0.8a | 6.5 ± 0.6bc | 42.7 |
| Stressed | 460.8 ± 29.5c | 7.0 ± 0.8ab | 14.2 ± 0.8bc | 19.2 ± 1.4a | 7.0 ± 0.8bc | 40.4 | |
| P-value | |||||||
| Genotype (G) | p< 0.001 | p< 0.001 | p< 0.001 | p > 0.05 | p< 0.001 | ||
| Treatment (T) | p< 0.001 | p< 0.001 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | ||
| G * T | p< 0.001 | p< 0.001 | p< 0.05 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | ||
Each value represents mean ± S.D (n = 5). Different letters within the same column indicates significant differences between treatments (P ≤ 0.05) according to Tukey’s test.