Figure 1.

Average soil moisture content (%) obtained from pots cultivated with (a) BAT 477 and (b) Carioca 80SH common bean genotypes. Average enzymatic activity of catalase (μmol⁻¹ mg⁻¹ protein) inferred from leaf samples harvested from (c) BAT 477 and (d) Carioca 80SH. The measurements were taken from soil samples and leaves collected after 0, 72, 144 and 196 h of drought stress, along with their respective well-watered controls, which represents an average of the whole period; (e) Relative Water Content (%) of leaves harvested after 6 h of 10% PEG (polyethylene glycol) treatment. Experiments were conducted in five biological replicates.