TABLE 3.
Treatments | Lipid peroxidation (μmol MDA g–1 FW) |
Proline content (μg g–1 FW) |
RWC (%) | ||
Roots | Leaves | Roots | Leaves | Leaves | |
Control | 3.95 ± 0.68b | 29.74 ± 2.23a | 9.46 ± 0.42a | 18.37 ± 1.53b | 93.40 ± 2.50a |
0.5 mM Sb | 4.27 ± 0.66ab | 29.45 ± 3.36a | 8.09 ± 1.56a | 27.58 ± 3.21a | 84.51 ± 2.07b |
1.0 mM Sb | 5.10 ± 0.99a | 32.41 ± 2.69a | 8.66 ± 1.30a | 21.59 ± 3.02b | 74.83 ± 1.78c |
The data are from 10 independent experiments, each carried out in triplicate (different letters indicate significant differences at p < 0.05, Mann–Whitney U-test).