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Table 1.

Mean squares (MS) for morphological parameters containing plant height, shoot fresh weight (SFW), shoot dry weight (SDW), root length (RL), root fresh weight (RFW) and root dry weight (RDW) of Dracocephalum moldavica

Sources of variance	Degree of freedom	MS
Sources of variance	Degree of freedom	Plant height	SFW	SDW	RL	RFW	RDW
Melatonin	3	217.4^**	46.07^**	3.51^**	4.07^**	0.279^**	0.008^*
Drought stress	3	1698.5^**	738.2^**	56.04^**	79.21^**	5.1^**	0.231^**
Melatonin × drought stress	9	40.85^**	7.75^*	0.567^ns	0.995^ns	0.068^ns	0.002^ns
Error	48	12.28	3.3	0.337	0.838	0.051	0.002
CV%		7.47	10.78	12.54	8.44	8.57	8.59

**, * and ns denote significant differences at 0.01, 0.05% levels, and not significant respectively