Table 1. Chlorophyll content and chlorophyll florescence (Fv/Fm ratio) of two chickpea genotypes under consortium and drought condition after 25 days of stress imposition.
Chickpea genotype | Spad Chlorophyll Content | Chlorophyll Florescence (Fv/Fm) | RWC (%) | Protein (μg/g) | Sugar (mg/g) | Phenolics (mg GAE/g) | Shoot dry wt. (g) | Root dry wt. (g) | ||||||||
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Cons. | Dro | Cons. | Dro. | Cons. | Dro. | Cons. | Dro. | Cons. | Dro. | Cons. | Dro. | Cons. | Dro. | Cons. | Dro. | |
Punjab Noor-2009 (Sensitive genotype, G1) | 35.6±0.011a | 16.4±0.01b | 0.727±0.014a | 0.317±0.015b | 64±0.02a | 27±0.07b | 1.6±0.003a | 1.2±0.016b | 1.8±0.014a | 0.7±0.001b | 3.1±0.012a | 1.7±0.013b | 10.9±0.15a | 3.11±0.1b | 2.41±0.06a | 0.94±0.03b |
93127 (Tolerant genotype, G2) | 46.1±0.021a | 34.4±0.017b | 0.843±0.007a | 0.643±0.03b | 79±0.011a | 55±0.01b | 1.7±0.015a | 1.5±0.023b | 2.3±0.019a | 1.5±0.015b | 3.7±0.08a | 2.6±0.016b | 12.27±0.28a | 6.33±0.21b | 2.4±0.08a | 1.51±0.02b |
Cons-Consortium (Mean±SE); Dro-Drought (Mean±SE); Different letters (i.e. a and b) indicate significant differences (P< .05) among treatments.