Table 2.
Summary of three-way ANOVA for the effects of two cultivar, with or without WZS021 and different gradient of drought stresses on antioxidants, chlorophyll, proline, and phytohormones of sugarcane plant.
| Variables | SOD | POD | CAT | MDA | SPAD | Proline | ET | ABA | IAA | |
| Cultivar (DF-1) | F | 2.34 | 265.71 | 56.23 | 0.02 | 21.59 | 108.91 | 35.77 | 38.08 | 63.86 |
| Sig. | 0.13ns | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | 0.88ns | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | |
| WZS021(DF-1) | F | 21.53 | 91.65 | 24.86 | 9.00 | 24.78 | 207.48 | 17.31 | 17.69 | 55.53 |
| Sig. | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | |
| Drought (DF-5) | F | 20.84 | 258.17 | 36.48 | 11.95 | 78.48 | 213.92 | 26.24 | 72.04 | 44.76 |
| Sig. | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | |
| Cultivar × WZS021 (DF-1) | F | 0.19 | 81.95 | 2.00 | 4.05 | 0.41 | 0.69 | 0.42 | 93.49 | 2.08 |
| Sig. | 0.67ns | ∗∗∗ | 0.16ns | ∗ | 0.53ns | 0.41ns | 0.52ns | ∗∗∗ | 0.16ns | |
| Cultivar × Drought (DF-5) | F | 6.90 | 56.18 | 4.93 | 10.99 | 2.94 | 124.89 | 3.43 | 25.26 | 5.68 |
| Sig. | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | |
| WZS021 × Drought (DF-5) | F | 2.74 | 44.91 | 11.76 | 2.82 | 4.31 | 91.76 | 3.14 | 17.16 | 15.72 |
| Sig. | ∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗ | ∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | |
| Cultivar × WZS021 × Drought (DF-5) | F | 0.56 | 27.92 | 8.42 | 6.21 | 3.19 | 9.86 | 1.13 | 23.26 | 5.31 |
| Sig. | 0.73ns | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | ∗ | ∗∗∗ | 0.36ns | ∗∗∗ | ∗∗∗ | |
DF, degrees of freedom. Sig., significance level (ns, not significant, ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗p < 0.001), SOD, superoxide dismutase; POD, peroxidase; CAT, catalase; MDA, malondialdehyde; SPAD, chlorophyll content; IAA, indole acetic acid; ABA, abscisic acid and ET, ethylene.