Table 3.
Effect of imposing water-deficit stress on 45-day-old plants (T and WT) after 24 days of stress imposition on mannitol content.
| Line No. | Mannitol content (μg/g FW) | |
|---|---|---|
| Water-deficit stress | Well watered | |
| MTD1 | 3.02 ± 0.31d z | 2.25 ± 0.29ab |
| MTD2 | 3.30 ± 0.42cd | 1.81 ± 0.22b |
| MTD3 | 4.74 ± 0.41a | 2.98 ± 0.38a |
| MTD4 | 3.72 ± 0.10bcd | 2.83 ± 0.16a |
| MTD5 | 4.65 ± 0.33a | 2.74 ± 0.29a |
| MTD6 | 4.26 ± 0.22ab | 2.84 ± 0.14a |
| MTD7 | 3.58 ± 0.17bc | 2.71 ± 0.29a |
| MTD8 | 4.12 ± 0.39abc | 2.73 ± 0.29a |
| GG 20 (WT) | ND | ND |
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| LSD | 0.90 | 0.80 |
The data are mean of three replicates ± SE; ND: not detected; zmeans followed by the same lower case letters within a column are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).