Fig. 2.

Percentage of change in proline (a) and MDA (b) of seedlings raised from haloprimed seeds of three different varieties of V. radiata as compared to that of seedlings raised from non primed seeds. Proline content in seedlings raised from non primed seeds of Pusa Ratna in 0, NaCl, PEG stress is 634, 641, 778 μg/g dw, respectively; for Pusa 9531 in 0, NaCl, PEG stress is 793, 1,384, 3,149 μg/g dw, respectively and for Pusa Vishal in 0, NaCl, PEG stress is 1,237, 1,912, 1,896 μg/g dw, respectively. MDA content in seedlings raised from non primed seeds of Pusa Ratna in 0, NaCl and PEG stress is 117, 127, 133 μmol/g dw, respectively; for Pusa 9531 in 0, NaCl, PEG stress is 61, 67, 66 μmol/g dw, respectively and for Pusa Vishal in 0, NaCl, PEG stress is 92, 104, 103 μmol/g dw, respectively. The vertical bars represent SE of the mean value of recordings from three independent experiments each with a minimum of three replicates. Values super scribed with same alphabet is homogenous for each stress at 1 % level significance (p < 0.01; ANOVA)