Table 1. Changes in ear characteristics and caryopses protein content of mature barley under DS.

Data are shown as means ± SD, n = 3. For each column, asterisks indicate significant difference between treatments at p < 0.05 (t-test).

Ear characteristics	Ear length (cm)	Ear weight (g)	Number of grains per ear (No.)	1,000-grain weight (g)	Protein content of mature caryopses
CC	5.75 ± 0.13	1.31 ± 0.07	22.00 ± 1.00	46.44 ± 0.81	10.36  ± 0.59
DS	5.33 ± 0.20*	1.04 ± 0.04*	19.83 ± 0.95	42.84 ± 0.18*	12.04  ± 0.73*