Table 1. Carbon isotope discrimination (‰) of the flag leaf pellet (bulk) and soluble sugars of seven rice cultivars grown under drought and well-watered conditions in ‰.
Genotype | Habitat | Bulk Leaf Δ13C (‰) | Sugars Δ13C (‰) | ||||
Well-watered | Drought | Mean | Well-watered | Drought | Mean | ||
Apo | U | 21.6±0.9 | 20.6±0.3 | 21.0 ab | 18.3±1.3 | 18.7±0.6 | 18.5 a |
IR55 | U | 21.4±0.5 | 20.8±0.0 | 21.1 a | 18.2±0.5 | 16.2±0.9 | 17.2 a |
IR64 | L | 20.9±0.2 | 21.1±0.5 | 21.0 ab | 18.5±0.6 | 16.6±0.8 | 17.5 a |
IR71 | U | 21.1±0.2 | 20.7±0.5 | 20.9 ab | 17.3±1.3 | 17.5±0.7 | 17.4 a |
Moro | U | 19.9±0.4 | 19.7±0.2 | 19.8 b | 18.3±0.6 | 19.5±0.2 | 18.9 a |
PS80 | L | 21.4±0.4 | 21.2±0.4 | 21.2 a | 19.3±0.3 | 15.8±0.2 | 17.2 a |
Van | U | 21.5±0.3 | 20.0±0.5 | 20.7 b | 18.1±1.5 | 15.8±0.4 | 17.0 a |
Mean | 21.1 a | 20.6 b | 18.2 a | 17.2 b |
Values indicate the mean of six plants; ± indicates the standard error of mean; different letters indicate significant differences (P≤0.05) among means according to an ANOVA.