Table I.

Effects of dehydration and rehydration on Ψ_w and growth parameters in the wheat cvs Adamello and Ofanto

	cv Adamello				cv Ofanto
	C	D	R1	R2	C	D	R1	R2
Ψw (MPa)	−0.50bc	−2.32a	−0.66b	−0.37c	−0.48b	−1.95a	−0.49b	−0.30c
Fresh wt (g)	6.4a	2.2b	3.2b	4.1b	5.7a	3.1b	4.2ab	5.3ab
Dry wt (g)	0.79a	0.49b	0.49b	0.53b	0.71a	0.54a	0.54a	0.63a

Results are the means of 10 repetitions from three independent experiments. se of the means was always less than 10%. For comparisons between the means, one-way analysis of variance was used. Values in each row followed by different letters are significantly different at P ≤ 0.01. C, Control; D, drought-stressed; R₁, rehydrated for 1 d; R₂, rehydrated for 4 d.