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 (%) | |||||||||
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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