Table 5.
Effect of PGPB consortium inoculation containing ACC deaminase on total chlorophyll, total phenol, malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase (CAT) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) content of finger millet under irrigated and drought conditions (Experiment II)
| 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 | |
| T1 (control) | 1.03 | 0.74 | 31.74 | 52.15 | 17.20 | 22.51 | 81.21 | 90.19 | 473.37 | 819.36 |
| T2 | 1.62 | 1.06 | 34.05 | 83.37 | 15.63 | 13.05 | 82.06 | 114.61 | 485.19 | 910.30 |
| T3 | 1.57 | 0.99 | 35.83 | 67.20 | 14.62 | 12.19 | 84.85 | 104.95 | 505.96 | 866.39 |
| T4 | 1.27 | 0.97 | 35.17 | 77.41 | 16.20 | 14.05 | 87.87 | 122.84 | 489.31 | 945.90 |
| T5 | 1.73 | 1.02 | 37.58 | 84.93 | 16.77 | 12.04 | 87.61 | 124.17 | 517.41 | 986.07 |
| T6 | 1.65 | 1.09 | 37.87 | 88.07 | 15.34 | 12.23 | 90.95 | 128.82 | 505.30 | 997.74 |
| T7 | 1.77 | 1.22 | 35.49 | 106.64 | 14.91 | 9.00 | 89.58 | 139.00 | 503.63 | 1085.69 |
| T8 | 1.85 | 1.18 | 37.09 | 99.21 | 15.77 | 11.33 | 90.33 | 121.67 | 518.03 | 1027.34 |
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