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. 2018 Mar 22;13(3):e0194625. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194625

Table 2. Malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) contents of the flag leaves, glumes, and lemmas at the grain-filling stage under well-watered (WW) and water-stressed (WS) conditions.

Parameters Treatments 0 DAA 5 DAA 10 DAA 15 DAA 20 DAA 25 DAA
MDA content in flag leaf WW 2.04±0.23a 1.72±0.32a 1.91±0.21a 2.06±0.50a 3.19±0.49b 6.72±0.65b
WS 2.25±0.46a 3.14±0.30ab 3.94±0.12b 4.09±0.45b 5.49±0.30c 7.35±0.56d
MDA content in glume WW 1.31±0.19a 2.14±0.23b 2.71±0.19b 3.54±0.31c 3.88±0.22c 5.71±0.42d
WS 1.29±0.07a 2.34±0.47b 2.74±0.15b 3.32±0.25c 4.03±0.46c 6.63±0.33d
MDA content in lemma WW 1.01±0.16a 2.18±0.16b 2.22±0.31b 2.57±0.10b 2.82±0.24b 4.18±0.48c
WS 2.19±0.40a 2.46±0.49a 2.69±0.48a 2.98±0.39a 3.16±0.36a 6.88±0.29b
H2O2 content in flag leaf WW 44.97±4.27a 48.24±2.46a 51.52±2.75a 61.27±2.46b 64.81±4.72b 73.96±6.66c
WS 42.48±4.09a 54.10±3.58b 60.49±4.32b 55.08±3.97b 74.16±4.73c 85.60±4.74d
H2O2 content in glume WW 5.04±1.61a 7.53±1.17b 8.35±0.68b 9.96±1.05b 9.98±1.40b 17.46±1.65c
WS 6.78±1.27a 7.86±0.89a 8.61±1.47a 10.93±0.70b 12.65±1.22b 20.87±1.74c
H2O2 content in lemma WW 7.82±1.23a 8.86±0.88ab 10.14±1.78ab 11.00±1.36c 13.76±1.47d 14.61±1.61d
WS 6.37±1.12a 10.57±1.08b 12.89±1.26bc 14.14±0.96c 15.47±1.54c 21.74±0.81d

All data represent means ± standard deviations (SD) of five replicates. Values with different letters indicated the significant differences at P < 0.05 level in each stress treatment through time according to Duncan’s multiple range test.