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 |
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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.