Table 2.
Green leaf area, relative chlorophyll content, relative number of green leaves/plants, photosynthesis rate, and transpiration rate of the six stay-green introgression lines and their parents evaluated under control condition (W100, 100% soil field capacity) and two post-flowering drought conditions (W75, 75% soil field capacity; W50, 50% soil field capacity).
| Green leaf area | Relative chlorophyll | Relative number of | Photosynthesis rate | Transpiration rate | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (cm2) | content | green leaves/plants | (µmol CO2 m−2 s−1) | (mmol H2O m−2 s−1) | |||||||||||
| WD | GF | M | WD | GF | M | WD | GF | M | WD | GF | LGF | WD | GF | LGF | |
| W100 | 679a | 585a | 262a | — | — | — | 50.8a | 43.8a | 21.0a | 27.5a | 27.2a | 16.9a | 4.0a | 3.4a | 2.7a |
| W75 | 619a | 539b | 251a | 95.2a | 95.2a | 53.8a | 45.8b | 40.4b | 18.5b | 23.8b | 21.2b | 10.2b | 4.1ab | 1.4b | 0.6b |
| W50 | 604a | 449c | 193b | 92.8b | 77.9b | 46.4b | 43.5b | 33.1c | 13.9c | 24.9ab | 17.6c | 8.6c | 4.2b | 2.2c | 1.8c |
WD: one week before drought; GF: mid-grain filling; LGF: late-grain filling; M: maturity. Different letters are significantly different (Fischer PLSD, P<0.05).