Table 2.

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the studied traits in Lentil plants exposed to exogenous application of ALA under rain-fed and supplemental irrigation conditions.

Source of variation	df	Mean square
		Plant height	No. pods per plant	No. seeds per pod	1000- seed weight	Biological yield	Seed yield	Harvest index	Seed nitrogen	Seed protein	Chlorophyll a	Chlorophyll b	Carotenoid	Total chlorophyll	Total soluble sugar
Block	2	0.10 ns	0.36 ns	0.021*	0.002 ns	1075.28 ns	3941.66 ns	0.0013 ns	0.00045*	0.016*	0.00014 ns	0.0005*	0.0005 ns	0.0004 ns	0.78 ns
Supplemental Irrigation	3	25.55**	36.07**	0.235**	69.705**	31,456.41**	369,933.43**	0.0921**	0.24156**	9.433**	0.02335**	0.0036**	0.0329**	0.0235**	83.82**
Main error	6	0.45	0.77	0.007	0.242	1695.74	4301.40	0.0015	0.00008	0.003	0.00004	0.0006	0.0016	0.0007	0.21
ALA	2	9.84 ns	2.11 ns	0.050**	17.037**	3330.86**	2558.96 ns	0.0006 ns	1.76800**	69.126**	0.00289**	0.0096**	0.0368**	0.0221**	19.14**
Supplemental irrigation × ALA	6	0.31**	1.41 ns	0.064**	0.290 ns	354.75 ns	11,502.11 **	0.0037**	0.01927**	0.754**	0.00010 ns	0.0009**	0.0112**	0.0005**	0.77**
Error	15	0.16	0.71	0.006	0.153	623.92	2138.11	0.0007	0.00007	0.003	0.00010	0.0001	0.0015	0.0002	0.28
Source of variation

Source of variation	df	Mean square
		Proline content	MDA content	H2O2 content	POX activity	CAT activity	APX activity	SOD activity
Block	2	3.28 ns	0.007 ns	0.015 ns	0.02 ns	20.71 ns	0.26 ns	369.405 ns
Supplemental irrigation	3	23.04*	3.345**	2.516**	1.94**	39.33*	0.79 ns	423.237 ns
Main error	6	6.33	0.012	0.011	0.06	5.37	0.72	425.064
ALA	2	7.52 ns	0.263**	0.067*	1.48**	0.03 ns	2.67**	1951.508**
supplemental irrigation × ALA	6	3.94 ns	0.066**	0.075**	0.30**	33.60*	0.35 ns	405.299 ns
Error	15	6.59	0.005	0.015	0.05	9.60	0.34	266.336

*Significant at the 0.05 probability level; **Significant at the 0.01probability level; ns: Not significant.