Fig. 4.

Transcript abundance of SodCc2, OsAPx2, GRase and CatA genes of imbibitional dehydration stress raised seedlings of four indigenous aromatic rice varieties [Oryza sativa L., Cultivars Jamainadu, Tulaipanji, Sitabhog and Badshabhog (a)]. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR was performed as described in section “Materials and Methods”. The rice 18S rRNA control reaction above each set of corresponding antioxidant gene reactions was conducted on equivalent cDNA batches to verify equivalent loading reaction volumes on the gel. Antioxidant genes were amplified for 25 cycles. Bar diagram represents mean intensity of relative expression of genes (SodCc2, OsAPx2, GRase and CatA) found in semi-quantitative RT-PCR in four indigenous aromatic rice varieties (Oryza sativa L., Cultivars Jamainadu, Tulaipanji, Sitabhog and Badshabhog) under imbibitional dehydration stress (b)