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. 2020 Jan 24;10(2):65. doi: 10.1007/s13205-019-2046-4

Table 3.

Effect of PGPB inoculation containing ACC deaminase activity on total chlorophyll, total phenol, malondialdehyde (MDA), Catalase (CAT) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) content of finger millet under irrigated and drought conditions (Experiment I)

Treatments Total chlorophyll (mg/g Fresh weight) Total phenol (μg/mg) GAE MDA (µg/g Fresh weight) CAT (µmol/min/mg protein) APX (nmol/min/mg protein)
Irrigated Drought Irrigated Drought Irrigated Drought Irrigated Drought Irrigated Drought
Control 0.85a 0.47A 28.13a 46.33A 15.48b 18.49C 115.46a 135.44A 739.55ab 1245.73A
RAA3 2.05d 1.31C 39.68b 83.50E 10.90a 12.46A 122.92ab 204.38C 746.15b 1523.09C
DPC12 1.47bc 1.03BC 31.69ab 68.22CD 13.05ab 15.05B 127.59ab 199.10C 749.83b 1547.89C
DPB16 1.65c 1.19C 37.63b 74.68D 11.04a 13.76AB 126.27ab 220.66D 735.27ab 1729.83E
DPB15 1.27b 0.88B 31.44a 66.93C 11.61ab 15.20B 135.88b 188.96BC 744.10b 1734.75E
PSA7 1.29b 0.61AB 31.15a 56.97B 13.48ab 15.60B 129.88ab 180.46BC 734.95ab 1581.37CD
PSB8 1.25b 0.72AB 30.27a 47.88A 13.91b 15.20B 122.44ab 179.07B 721.88a 1437.81B
R81 1.35b 0.94BC 38.56b 72.07CD 12.33ab 13.68AB 138.05b 176.22B 757.74 b 1699.11DE
DPB13 1.31b 0.76B 36.97b 68.22CD 11.76ab 14.62B 130.25b 193.51C 730.29ab 1673.51DE
UW4 1.37b 0.94BC 31.81ab 63.38BC 12.90ab 14.91B 129.15ab 193.80C 746.95b 1642.65D
DPC9 1.36b 1.01BC 32.66ab 63.69BC 13.19ab 15.44B 122.04ab 188.60BC 749.51b 1650.28D

Values are SEM of three replicates. Treatment means within columns with the different letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) after DMRT

GAE gallic acid equivalent