Table 1.

Plant growth parameters in 50-day-old finger millet plants exposed to spermidine at 25, 50 and 75% of drought stress

Water stress conditions (%)	Fresh weight (g) (mean ± SE)		Dry weight (g) (mean ± SE)		Length (cm) (mean ± SE)		Chlorophyll content (mg g−1 fresh weight) (mean ± SE)
	Shoot	Root	Shoot	Root	Shoot	Root	Chl a	Chl b	Total Chl a + b
Control	9.37 ± 0.5d	3.98 ± 0.6d	1.61 ± 0.5d	0.69 ± 0.5d	35.1 ± 0.8d	20.7 ± 0.7d	5.1 ± 0.7d	2.1 ± 0.2c	7.2 ± 0.9d
25	6.63 ± 0.3c	2.03 ± 1.0c	1.07 ± 0.5c	0.51 ± 0.2c	27.8 ± 0.4c	16.9 ± 0.6c	3.1 ± 0.2c	1.1 ± 0.9b	4.2 ± 0.3c
50	4.03 ± 0.9b	1.19 ± 0.6b	0.75 ± 0.4b	0.38 ± 0.3b	22.9 ± 0.7b	12.8 ± 0.8b	2.2 ± 0.1b	0.1 ± 0.1b	2.3 ± 0.2b
75	1.66 ± 0.8a	0.68 ± 0.6a	0.4 ± 0.5a	0.2 ± 0.4a	18.7 ± 0.4a	9.7 ± 0.6a	1.3 ± 0.2a	0.5 ± 0.2a	1.8 ± 0.2a
Control + SPM	9.41 ± 0.3d	4.02 ± 0.6d	1.67 ± 0.9d	0.7 ± 0.2d	36.4 ± 0.9d	21.8 ± 0.7d	5.6 ± 0.3d	2.4 ± 0.4c	8.0 ± 0.7d
25 + SPM	7.87 ± 0.8c	2.84 ± 1.3c	1.31 ± 0.6c	0.6 ± 0.2c	31.9 ± 0.7c	18.4 ± 0.7c	3.8 ± 0.1c	1.6 ± 0.1b	5.4 ± 0.2c
50 + SPM	6.08 ± 1.0b	1.95 ± 0.5b	0.87 ± 0.3b	0.48 ± 0.3b	26.3 ± 0.9b	15.8 ± 0.8b	2.8 ± 0.2b	1.2 ± 0.1a	4.0 ± 0.3b
75 + SPM	3.44 ± 0.8a	1.09 ± 0.6a	0.55 ± 0.3a	0.32 ± 0.7a	24.0 ± 1.0a	12.6 ± 0.8a	1.9 ± 0.1a	0.9 ± 0.2a	2.8 ± 0.3a

Measurements were made 3 weeks after water deficit along with spermidine sprays. Data are given as the mean ± SE of three independent experiments. Means followed the same column that have the same letter are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 based on Duncan’s multiple range test

SPM Spermidine