Abbreviation	Definition
WHC	Water-holding capacity
C	Cultivar
Se	Selenium
SE	Standard error
FW	Fresh weight
PSI	Photosystem I
PSII	Photosystem II
QA	Quinone
PQ	Plastoquinone
LSD	Least significant difference
ANOVA	Analysis of variance
RWC	Relative water content
FAA	Free amino acid
TSS	Total soluble sugars
PRI	Photochemical reflectance index
NDVI	Normalized difference vegetative index
CCI	Chlorophyll content Index
SPAD	Structure intensive pigment index
Fv/Fm	Maximum photosystem II (PSII) quantum yield ratio of variable to maximum fluorescence
ABS/RC	Energy absorbed per reaction center
DIo/RC	Energy dissipated as heat per reaction center
TRo/RC	Trapped energy per reaction center
ETo/RC	The flux of electrons transferred from quinone (QA) to plastoquinone (PQ) per active PSII per reaction center
PIabs	Performance index absorbance
PItotal	Total performance index
Chl a	Chlorophyll a
Chl b	Chlorophyll b
Tot Chl	Total chlorophyll content
Asx	Arginine + Aspartate
Glx	Glutamate + Glutamine
Ala	Alanine
Arg	Arginine
Gly	Glycine
Pro	Proline