Table 2.
Water content and nutritive supply at different time points of the pots submitted to the water and nutrient stress.
| Water Content (%) | Nutritive Supply (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days after water stress started | 6 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 25 |
| Pots containing seeds coated with water (control) | 81.0 | 60.9 | 41.3 | 32.5 | 31.0 | 30.6 | 40.5 | 30.4 | 20.6 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 15.3 |
| Pots containing seeds coated with thyme oil | 80.3 | 60.3 | 40.4 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 30.3 | 40.1 | 30.1 | 20.2 | 15.3 | 15.05 | 15.1 |
| Average decrease (%) | 19.3 | 39.4 | 59.1 | 68.4 | 69.4 | 69.6 | 9.7 | 19.7 | 29.6 | 34.2 | 34.7 | 34.8 |