Table 3.

Changes in concentrations of total soluble proteins of roots (mg g^–1 root tissue) of seedlings of submergence‐tolerant and intolerant rice lines during submergence in darkness

Rice lines	BS	1DD	3DD	5DD
Tolerant lines
FR13A	1·34 ± 0·08	1·19 ± 0·19	0·99 ± 0·13	1·02 ± 0·04
333	1·86 ± 0·03	1·64 ± 0·14	1·33 ± 0·07	–
336	1·87 ± 0·13	1·57 ± 0·16	1·42 ± 0·25	1·25 ± 0·08
341	1·58 ± 0·04	1·45 ± 0·04	1·05 ± 0·09	–
380	1·84 ± 0·16	1·37 ± 0·14	1·15 ± 0·09	0·84 ± 0·10
381	2·09 ± 0·23	1·86 ± 0·09	1·40 ± 0·12	–
502	1·56 ± 0·13	1·77± 0·12	1·31 ± 0·13	0·46 ± 0·03
Intolerant lines
CT6241	2·06 ± 0·12	1·68 ± 0·07	1·40 ± 0·05	0·73 ± 0·08
334	2·01± 0·14	1·72 ± 0·09	1·32 ± 0·15	1·42 ± 0·19
337	1·64 ± 0. 24	1·62 ± 0·12	1·21 ± 0·12	0·60 ± 0·04
364	2·09 ± 0·11	1·30 ± 0·19	1·21 ± 0·19	–
384	2·50 ± 0·19	1·82 ± 0·04	1·12 ± 0·08	0·68 ± 54·1
395	1·51 ± 0·14	1·55 ± 0·17	0·88 ± 0·08	–
401	1·89 ± 0·15	2·00 ± 0·25	1·57 ± 0·13	1·40 ± 0·17

BS, before submergence; 1DD, 1 d submergence in darkness; 3DD, 3 d submergence in darkness.

Values are means ± s.e.

Treatments started when the plants were at the three‐leaf stage.