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. 2021 Jul 16;16(7):e0254452. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254452

Table 4. Impact of leaf extracts from local and exotic moringa landraces on amylose, amylopectin and protein contents in rice grains cultivated under different levels of drought stress (n = 4).

Treatments Amylose contents (%) Amylopectin contents (%) Protein contents (%)
CC MDS SDS Mean (FT) CC MDS SDS Mean (FT) CC MDS SDS Mean (FT)
WS 23.20 20.20 16.45 19.95 D 76.80 79.80 83.55 80.05 A 6.22 7.60 10.20 8.01
MLE-LM 24.15 21.46 18.05 21.20 B 75.80 78.52 81.95 78.77 C 6.25 7.70 10.10 8.02
MLE-LF 24.70 22.15 19.70 22.18 A 75.30 77.85 80.30 77.82 D 6.05 7.27 10.12 7.82
MLE-LD 24.20 21.45 18.15 21.27 B 75.80 78.55 81.85 78.73 C 6.02 7.35 10.37 7.92
MLE-EL 23.70 20.75 17.25 20.57 C 76.30 79.25 82.75 79.43 B 6.10 7.45 10.32 7.96
Mean (WT) 23.99 A 21.21 B 17.92 C 76.01 C 78.79 B 82.08 A 6.13 C 7.46 B 10.22 A
LSD, 0.05 WT = 0.0544, FT = 0.1087, WT×FT = NS WT = 0.0445, FT = 0.4481, WT×FT = NS WT = 0.1084, FT = NS, WT×FT = NS

Means sharing the same alphabets did not differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05. NS = statistically non-significant, CC = control condition, MDS = moderate drought stress, SDS = severe drought stress, FT = foliar treatments, WS = water spray, MLE-LM = moringa leaf extract from local landrace of Multan origin, LF = local landrace of Faisalabad origin, LD = local landrace of DG Khan origin, EL = exotic landrace, WT = water treatments