Table 3.
Percentage change of functional groups differentially expressed across growth stages (R2-R4) with different soil water availability (pre-water deficit [pwd] at R2, water deficit[wd] at R3, and well-watered recovery [ww/rec] at R4).
| Functional group | pwd R2 |
wd R3 | ww R4 | % change pwd/wd | Pattern Type | % change wd/ww | Pattern Type | % change pwd/ww | Pattern Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| photosynthesis | 3 | 19 | 16 | 533 | up | -16 | down | 433 | up |
| major CHO | 6 | 26 | 8 | 333 | up | -69 | down | 33 | up |
| minor CHO | 2 | 24 | 11 | 1100 | up | -54 | down | 450 | up |
| glycolysis | 2 | 5 | 6 | 150 | up | 20 | up | 200 | up |
| fermentation | 3 | 4 | 1 | 33 | up | -75 | down | -67 | down |
| gluconeogenesis | 0 | 1 | 1 | na | up | 0 | nc | na | up |
| OPP | 0 | 1 | 2 | na | up | 100 | up | na | up |
| tricarboxylic acid | 1 | 6 | 1 | 500 | up | -83 | down | 0 | nc |
| mitochondrial electron transport | 2 | 4 | 7 | 100 | up | 75 | up | 250 | up |
| cell wall | 11 | 74 | 39 | 573 | up | -47 | down | 255 | up |
| lipid metabolism | 9 | 63 | 17 | 600 | up | -73 | down | 89 | up |
| N-metabolism | 0 | 2 | 3 | na | up | 50 | up | na | up |
| amino acid metabolism | 15 | 28 | 17 | 87 | up | -39 | down | 13 | up |
| S-assimilation | 0 | 0 | 1 | na | up | na | up | na | up |
| metal handling | 6 | 9 | 3 | 50 | up | -67 | down | -50 | down |
| secondary metabolism | 33 | 57 | 50 | 73 | up | -12 | down | 52 | up |
| hormone metabolism | 26 | 39 | 41 | 50 | up | 5 | up | 58 | up |
| Co-factor, vitamin | 6 | 7 | 9 | 17 | up | 29 | up | 50 | up |
| tetrapyrrole synthesis | 2 | 1 | 8 | -50 | down | 700 | up | 300 | up |
| stress biotic | 32 | 95 | 102 | 197 | up | 7 | up | 219 | up |
| redox | 1 | 22 | 17 | 2100 | up | -23 | down | 1600 | up |
| polyamine metabolism | 4 | 3 | 3 | -25 | down | 0 | nc | -25 | down |
| nucleotide metabolism | 5 | 15 | 8 | 200 | up | -47 | down | 60 | up |
| biodegradation of xenobiotics | 3 | 7 | 3 | 133 | up | -57 | down | 0 | nc |
| C1-metabolism | 0 | 1 | 1 | na | up | 0 | nc | na | up |
| miscellaneous | 56 | 169 | 82 | 202 | up | -51 | down | 46 | up |
| RNA | 58 | 165 | 155 | 184 | up | -6 | down | 167 | up |
| DNA | 7 | 49 | 41 | 600 | up | -16 | down | 486 | up |
| protein | 84 | 205 | 218 | 144 | up | 6 | up | 160 | up |
| signaling | 49 | 139 | 151 | 184 | up | 9 | up | 208 | up |
| cell | 20 | 70 | 52 | 250 | up | -26 | down | 160 | up |
| development | 24 | 61 | 39 | 154 | up | -36 | down | 63 | up |
| transport | 34 | 140 | 86 | 312 | up | -39 | down | 153 | up |
| Not assigned | 678 | 1469 | 1845 | 117 | up | 26 | up | 172 | up |
| Total | 1182 | 2980 | 3044 | nc | |||||
| % mean | 307 | 6 | 191 |
Data for the percentage change between the pwd and wd (R2 to R3), wd and ww/Rec (R3 to R4), pwd and rec (R2-R4) are presented. Each data point represents an average between three biological replications. “nc” represents no change, and “na”, no available/calculated. Carbohydrate-CHO, Oxidase Pentose Phosphate-OPP.