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. 2017 Apr 6;7:46020. doi: 10.1038/srep46020

Table 2. Chemicals and post-anthesis severe water deficit effect on activities of SuSas, AGPase, SSSase in superior (S) and inferior (I) grains of wheat.

Treatment   14 DPA 21 DPA
SuSase (mg sucrose g−1FW min−1) AGPase (mol g−1 FW min−1) SSSase (mol g−1 FW min−1) SuSase (mg sucrose g−1FW min−1) AGPase (mol g−1 FW min−1) SSSase (mol g−1 FW min−1)
S I S I S I S I S I S I
WW Control 10.6 ± 0.59ab 9.2 ± 1.24b 26.2 ± 0.92c 16.7 ± 0.28b 23.7 ± 0.41ab 11.8 ± 0.79b 10.7 ± 0.14bc 8.3 ± 0.58bc 16.7 ± 0.8d 11.9 ± 0.9d 18.6 ± 0.22ab 6.1 ± 0.6bc
  Spd 12.5 ± 0.36ab 6.4 ± 0.05c 34.4 ± 1.8ab 23.37 ± 0.19ab 17.3 ± 0.25d 14.3 ± 0.7ab 13.5 ± 0.67b 8.4 ± 1.58bc 23.3 ± 1.3c 18.9 ± 0.52ab 19.7 ± 0.17a 8.3 ± 0.45ab
  AVG 11.5 ± 0.21ab 7.9 ± 0.41bc 28.1 ± 1.7bc 31.1 ± 1.1a 19.5 ± 0.64 cd 13.7 ± 0.36ab 18.5 ± 0.54a 13.9 ± 0.49a 31.1 ± 2.2a 15.2 ± 0.71bc 17.3 ± 0.29b 9.1 ± 0.3a
SD Control 7.5 ± 0.2b 6.6 ± 0.57c 23.3 ± 0.4c 16.3 ± 0.56b 20.9 ± 1.04bc 5.8 ± 0.11c 7.1 ± 0.1c 4.6 ± 0.42c 16.3 ± 0.19d 8.7 ± 0.99e 16.3 ± 0.86bc 2.2 ± 0.18d
  Spd 14.9 ± 0.47ab 13.3 ± 0.47a 36.8 ± 1.5a 32.8 ± 0.32a 25.4 ± 1.25a 12.7 ± 0.87b 11.7 ± 1.13b 4.9 ± 0.24c 26.9 ± 0.35b 18.22 ± 0.25a 20.7 ± 0.09a 3.35 ± 0.55 cd
  AVG 16.3 ± 0.21a 9.9 ± 0.34b 28.3 ± 0.39bc 26.9 ± 0.12a 18.1 ± 0.12 cd 16.1 ± 1.22a 18.0 ± 1.21a 12.1 ± 1.26ab 32.77 ± 0.62a 12.8 ± 0.19 cd 14.1 ± 0.08bc 7.6 ± 0.29ab
P-value Water treatment (W) 0.3096 0.0002 0.9531 0.3617 0.0402 0.0069 0.0183 0.0013 0.0149 0.0116 0.0036 0.0001
  Chemical treatment (C) 0.0184 0.005 0.0001 0.0002 0.0014 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
  W × C 0.0796 0.0001 0.2469 0.0206 0.0001 0.0003 0.2197 0.4898 0.0453 0.006 0.004 0.0575

Means (n = 3) within a column with the same letter are not significantly different at P < 0.05. WW, well-watered; SD, severe water deficit; AVG, Aminoethoxyvinylglycine; Spd, Spermidine;

S, superior grains; I, inferior grains.