Table 4.

The effect of seed priming with water or spermidine (Spd) on ascorbic acid (AsA) and dehydroascorbic acid (DAsA) content in seeds of white clover after 7 days of germination under 15% PEG. Values are mean ± SE (n = 6). Different letters in a vertical column indicate significant difference between two treatments. LSD (p ≤ 0.05).

Treatment	Content (umol.g−1 FW)
	AsA	DAsA	AsA + DAsA	AsA/DAsA
Water	18.77 ± 0.66 b	3.45 ± 0.46 a	20.97 ± 1.31 b	5.21 ± 1.14 b
Spd	21.42 ± 1.46 a	1.52 ± 0.20 b	23.59 ± 1.04 a	14.59 ± 1.33 a