Table III.

Pigment content of the wheat cvs Adamello and Ofanto during dehydration and rehydration

	cv Adamello				cv Ofanto
	C	D	R1	R2	C	D	R1	R2
	μmol g−1 dry wt
Chl a	7.82a	4.96b	5.77b	7.07a	7.70a	7.21a	7.66a	6.88a
Chl b	3.61a	3.06ab	2.70b	3.40a	3.59a	3.63a	3.79a	3.41a
Chl a/b	2.17a	1.62b	2.13a	2.08a	2.14a	1.99a	2.02a	2.02a
Lutein	1.57a	1.25b	1.20b	1.50a	1.48a	1.54a	1.65a	1.49a
Neoxanthin	0.26a	0.20b	0.20b	0.25a	0.27a	0.27a	0.29a	0.25a
β-Carotene	0.69a	0.44b	0.48b	0.62a	0.63a	0.63a	0.67a	0.59a
V+A+Z	0.59a	0.41a	0.41a	0.51a	0.55a	0.50a	0.52a	0.52a
(Z+A)/(V+A+Z)	0.09b	0.35a	0.11b	0.11b	0.12a	0.16a	0.10a	0.12a

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; Chl, chlorophyll.