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. 2018 Mar 15;8:4615. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21441-7

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Experimental design of the study: drought stress treatments were applied during tillering and jointing stages by withholding irrigation till the soil field capacity (FC) reached 35–40% and 55–60% for severe stress (SS) and moderate stress (MS), respectively. The drought treatments were maintained for 10 days by weighing the pots and compensating the water lost to the desired FC and then followed by re-watering at 75–80% FC. Severe and moderate water deficit treatments during tillering and jointing were designated as SS and MS, respectively, while, well-watered (control) was designated as WW treatments.