. 2020 Jan 2;26(2):233–245. doi: 10.1007/s12298-019-00744-7

Table 1.

Changes in the shoot length, relative growth rate and leaf area in wheat cultivar Sakha-94 under drought by withholding water and PAs applications (each of 100 µM)

Method of PAs application	Group	Shoot length (cm)	Leaf area (cm²)	Relative growth rate
Seed priming	Control	31.56 ± 0.51^a	7.96 ± 0.05^a	0.10 ± 0.00^a
	Drought (Dr)	24.23 ± 0.37^b	6.81 ± 0.33^a	0.05 ± 0.00^c
	Dr + Put	26.56 ± 0.91^b	6.53 ± 0.13^a	0.06 ± 0.00^bc
	Dr + Spm	25.96 ± 0.93^b	6.59 ± 0.43^a	0.07 ± 0.00^bc
	Dr + Mix	27.53 ± 0.23^b	6.09± 0.79^a	0.08 ± 0.00^ab
Foliar spray	Control	35.10 ± 1.00^a	8.02 ± 0.96^a	0.11 ± 0.00^a
	Drought (Dr)	24.56 ± 0.20^b	7.43 ± 1.02^a	0.06 ± 0.01^b
	Dr + Put	36.86 ± 1.03^a†	7.99 ± 1.01^a	0.08 ± 0.02^ab
	Dr + Spm	37.40 ± 0.18^a†	8.78 ± 0.37^a†	0.10 ± 0.00^a†
	Dr + Mix	38.06 ± 0.90^a†	9.05 ± 0.18^a†	0.10 ± 0.01^a
LSD interaction at P < 0.05		2.80	1.92	0.03

Put = Putrescine, Spm = Spermine and Mix = Put + Spm. Values represent means (± SE) and different letters indicate significant differences between samples in each group according to analysis of variance (two-way ANOVA) statistical analysis with three different replicates (LSD = Least Significant Difference, P < 0.05)

^†Indicates significant differences between samples with the same treatment but in different groups (with a different method of PAs application)