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. 2015 May 11;66(18):5467–5480. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv208

Table 2.

Main effects of 72h drought (18% PEG) and salinity (150 mM NaCl) stresses on root metabolite contents in the lentil genotypes Pantelleria (PAN), Ustica (UST), Castelluccio (CAST), and Eston (EST).

Metabolites PAN UST CAST EST
NaCl PEG NaCl PEG NaCl PEG NaCl PEG
Polyamines
Cadaverine NS NS NS NS 2.31 NS NS NS
Spermidine NS 4.79 3.7 NS 4.58 NS 4.17 NS
Organic acids
Butanoic acid 2.72 NS NS NS NS NS NS 2.28
2-Aminobutanoic acid NS 2.93 NS NS NS NS NS NS
Citric acid NS 1.97 –3.34 –2.38 NS NS –1.2 NS
Erythronic acid NS NS NS NS NS –1.93 NS NS
Glyceric acid NS NS –2 NS NS NS NS NS
Isocitric acid NS NS –2.46 NS NS NS NS 1.52
Malic acid NS NS –7.45 NS NS NS –4.9 NS
Nicotinic acid NS 2.55 NS NS NS NS NS NS
Sugars and polyols
Cellobiose –4.8 –1.69 NS NS 3.0 NS NS NS
Galactinol NS NS 4.0 NS NS NS 3.76 NS
Galactose-N-acetyl –2.8 –1.46
Glucose NS NS –5.99 NS NS NS NS NS
Glycerol-3-P 1.75 2.12 NS NS 2.38 NS 2.22 1.97
Maltose NS 4.42 NS NS 4.41 NS 5.12 NS
myo-Inositol NS NS –3.45 NS 2.09 NS 1.8 1.42
Raffinose 5.73 7.28 NS NS NS NS 5.73 10.9
α,α-Trehalose 6.88 8.53 NS 6.87 6.51 4.98 4.48 10.1
Xylose NS NS –2.91 NS NS NS NS NS
Amino acids
Glutamic acid 2.78 5.45 NS NS NS NS NS NS
Glycine NS –1.95 –2.1 NS NS NS NS NS
Guanosine NS 1.95 NS NS NS NS 2.89 1.7
Isoleucine NS NS –3.91 NS –2.48 NS –2.35 NS
Leucine NS NS –3.73 NS NS NS –3.34 NS
Proline 4.44 6.23 7.62 3.74 6.44 NS NS 6.44
Valine NS NS NS NS NS NS –1.45 NS