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Table 3.

Mean squares for physio-biochemical traits comprising soluble sugar, protein, MDA and LOX activity and antioxidant enzymes including PAL and PPO activities of Dracocephalum moldavica

Sources of variance	Degree of freedom	MS
Sources of variance	Degree of freedom	Soluble sugar	Protein	MDA	LOX activity	PAL activity	PPO activity
Melatonin	3	10.73^ns	134.9^*	0.011^**	126.7^**	1.72^**	0.307^**
Drought stress	3	5892.6^**	5502.2^**	0.435^**	1.701^**	159.7^**	96.81^**
Melatonin × drought stress	9	1.99^ns	76.55^ns	0.002^ns	0.267^**	0.082^*	0.142^*
Error	48	23.34	44.51	0.001	0.083	0.034	0.066
CV%		7.8	5.9	8.4	8	2.9	8.4

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