Table 4.
Mean comparison of morpho-physiological traits in lentil plants with or without exogenous application of ALA under different drought stress conditions.
| Supplementary irrigation | No. pods per plant | 1000 seed weight (g) |
Biological yield (Kg ha−1) |
Chlorophyll a (mg g−1 FW) |
Proline content (µmol g −1 FW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irrigation in the flowering and early seed filling stages | 11.78 a | 54.31 a | 1903.37 a | 0.19 a | 3.03 b |
| Irrigation in the flowering stage | 9.44 b | 51.21 c | 1889.11 a | 0.15 c | 4.05 ab |
| Irrigation in the early seed filling stage | 8.00 c | 53.45 b | 1857.70 a | 0.18 b | 4.97 ab |
| Rain-fed conditions | 7.22 c | 48.07 d | 1771.48 b | 0.08 d | 6.78 a |
| ALA foliar application | 1000-seed weight (g) |
Biological yield (Kg ha−1) |
Chlorophyll a (mg g−1 FW) |
APX activity (µmol H2O2 decomposited min−1 mg−1 protein) |
SOD activity (U mg−1 protein) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 50.74 c | 1836.78 b | 0.14 c | 2.04 b | 33.89 b |
| 50 ppm | 51.47 b | 1860.61 a | 0.15 b | 2.90 a | 56.44 a |
| 100 ppm | 53.07 a | 1868.86 a | 0.17 a | 2.80 a | 55.50 a |
*Means followed by the same letter(s) in each column are not significantly different based on Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (n = 3).