. 2024 Mar 2;24:161. doi: 10.1186/s12870-024-04835-w

Table 2.

Changes in osmoregulating compounds and non-enzymatic antioxidants content during drought stress and recovery in two contrasting fenugreek landraces

Traits	Proline (nmol/mg Fw)					Total carbohydrate content (mg/g Fw)
	A	B	C	D	E	A	B	C	D	E
SC	11.02 ± 1.83^a	10.94 ± 1.51^b	11.33 ± 0.92^c	14.22 ± 1.21^bc	13.91 ± 1.12^b	22.27 ± 2.21^a	31.11 ± 1.56^ab	27.76 ± 1.07^d	27.55 ± 1.78^ab	29.4 ± 0.96^a
SD		11.84 ± 0.08^ab	86.99 ± 5.29^a	44.03 ± 0.96^a	17.07 ± 3.22^ab		27.52 ± 1.39^b	37.39 ± 1.85^abc	23.89 ± 2.79^b	27.72 ± 1.33^a
SM	7.72 ± 0.86^a	15.14 ± 2.96^ab	62.52 ± 3.67^b	19.59 ± 2.58^bc	17.38 ± 1.85^ab	25.11 ± 2.41^a	31.4 ± 1.31^ab	38.99 ± 2.01^ab	31.14 ± 0.30^a	28.98 ± 2.88^a
VC	7.41 ± 1.30^a	12.07 ± 1.84^ab	15.1 ± 0.74^c	14.18 ± 2.22^bc	16.33 ± 1.85^ab	17.56 ± 3.70^ab	33.66 ± 1.32^a	32.23 ± 1.62^cd	23.31 ± 0.82^bc	27.2 ± 0.68^a
VD		17.72 ± 1.26^a	51.46 ± 3.87^b	20 ± 3.92^b	21.97 ± 1.81^a		28.64 ± 0.70^b	41.66 ± 3.45^a	23.00 ± 0.80^bc	18.91 ± 3.20^b
VM	8.71 ± 1.80^a	16.05 ± 3.04^ab	58.57 ± 4.39^b	10.66 ± 1.62^c	17.4 ± 0.29^ab	10.61 ± 0.32^b	32.17 ± 2.48^ab	32.63 ± 2.08^bcd	19.25 ± 1.00^c	20.61 ± 1.32^b
p Value	0.462	0.197	0.000	0.000	0.208	0.015	0.128	0.016	0.002	0.009
	Total phenolic compounds (mg Gallic acid/g Fw)					Total flavonoid Content (mg Quercetin/g Fw)
	A	B	C	D	E	A	B	C	D	E
SC	7.66 ± 0.06^a	12.43 ± 1.37^a	14.74 ± 1.45^ab	14.89 ± 0.74^a	13.87 ± 1.06^a	1.84 ± 0.11^a	2.29 ± 0.11^b	1.77 ± 0.06^c	2.51 ± 0.09^a	2.39 ± 0.14^a
SD		13.02 ± 0.44^a	15.58 ± 1.03^ab	12.12 ± 0.23^b	11.72 ± 0.63^a		2.49 ± 0.10^ab	2.72 ± 0.24^a	2.22 ± 0.11^ab	2.41 ± 0.17^a
SM	6.71 ± 0.63^a	10.00 ± 0.36^b	16.16 ± 0.92^ab	15.03 ± 0.67^a	11.86 ± 0.54^a	1.80 ± 0.02^a	2.83 ± 0.19^a	2.77 ± 0.15^a	2.09 ± 0.07^b	2.40 ± 0.12^a
VC	7.62 ± 0.03^a	9.57 ± 0.50^b	14.01 ± 0.21^b	14.01 ± 0.84^ab	13.89 ± 1.57^a	1.63 ± 0.15^a	2.46 ± 0.07^b	2.46 ± 0.14^ab	2.47 ± 0.13^a	2.21 ± 0.11^a
VD		13.70 ± 0.37^a	15.15 ± 0.97^ab	16.04 ± 0.66^a	13.99 ± 1.50^a		2.61 ± 0.04^ab	2.17 ± 0.06^bc	2.29 ± 0.05^ab	2.06 ± 0.13^a
VM	6.54 ± 0.84^a	8.10 ± 0.37^b	17.51 ± 0.80^a	14.20 ± 0.53^ab	14.58 ± 1.25^a	1.70 ± 0.03^a	2.33 ± 0.13^b	2.48 ± 0.11^ab	2.00 ± 0.09^b	2.32 ± 0.09^a
p Value	0.561	0.000	0.211	0.054	0.415	0.47	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.4

SC: Well-watered plants of Shushtar landrace; SD: Drought-stressed plants of Shushtar landrace; SM: ME-treated plants of Shushtar landrace; VC: well-watered plants of Varamin landrace; VD: Drought-stressed plants of Varamin landrace; VM: ME-treated plants of Varamin landrace

The data represent the average of three replicates ± SE

Different alphabets within the group represent significant differences among treatments according to fisher’s test at P ≤ 0.05