Table 1.
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for physiological parameters, sulfate metabolites, SUE based on S-uptake (SUpE), and its assimilation (SUaE) as affected by PEG-induced drought stress in two Brassica napus cultivars.
| ANOVA | df | Ψw (MPa) | Chl. (SPAD) | Biomass |
NAS |
34S-sulfate |
34S -amino acids |
34S –protein |
SUpE | SUaE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaves | Root | Leaves | Root | Leaves | Root | Leaves | Root | Leaves | Root | ||||||
| Cultivar (C) | 1 | * | * | *** | NS | *** | * | *** | NS | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Stress (S) | 1 | *** | *** | ** | NS | *** | * | ** | * | *** | *** | *** | ** | *** | *** |
| CxS | 1 | * | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | ** | NS |
Asterisks indicate significantly different; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001; NS, no significance; Chl., Chlorophyll; NAS, newly absorbed S.