Table 4.
Total gliadins, low-molecular-weight (LMW-GS) and high-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS), total glutenins (mg g-1; n = 3; ± s.e.) and glutenin/gliadin and HMW/LMW ratios in grains of Triticum aestivum inoculated with biofertilizers (TN, TripleN; R-N, Rhizosum N; R-PK, Rhizosum PK) vs noninoculated controls (CO).
| Treatment | Total gliadins | LMW-glutenins | HMW-glutenins | Total glutenins | Glutenins/Gliadins | HMW/LMW | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (mg g-1) | (mg g-1) | (mg g-1) | (mg g-1) | |||||||||||||||
| CO | 24.0 ± 0.4 | a | 4.1 ± 0.2 | a | 3.1 ± 0.4 | a | 7.2 ± 0.4 | a | 0.30 ± 0.02 | a | 0.75 ± 0.11 | a | ||||||
| TN | 24.3 ± 1.3 | a | (+1) | 4.4 ± 0.1 | a | (+7) | 2.7 ± 0.2 | a | (-13) | 7.1 ± 0.2 | a | (-3) | 0.30 ± 0.02 | a | 0.62 ± 0.05 | a | (-25) | |
| R-N | 23.1 ± 0.7 | a | (-4) | 4.2 ± 0.1 | a | (+2) | 2.6 ± 0.1 | a | (-16) | 6.8 ± 0.2 | a | (-4) | 0.29 ± 0.02 | a | (-3) | 0.62 ± 0.04 | a | (-25) |
| R-PK | 25.7 ± 0.8 | a | (+7) | 4.4 ± 0.2 | a | (+7) | 2.2 ± 0.2 | a | (-29) | 6.6 ± 0.3 | a | (-8) | 0.26 ± 0.02 | a | (-13) | 0.50 ± 0.11 | a | (-38) |
Letters indicate significant differences among treatments within the same parameter (Newman-Keuls test, P ≤ 0.05). In brackets: % variation in inoculated plants vs noninoculated controls.