. 2022 Oct 6;13:982844. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.982844

Table 2.

Analysis of variance (mean squares), mean values, and percentage change in biochemical and physiological traits in the studied Elymus species and wheat cultivars.

Source of variation	DF	MGT	GI	GP	SS	PC	PRC	Chla	Chlb	Tchl	POD	SOD
Plant materials (MS)	9	37.67***	12.87***	7028.2***	50.3^NS	21.6^NS	295.3**	2.05***	0.45*	3.491***	14474.4^NS	34451.9***
Drought stress (MS)	2	6.62^NS	0.29^NS	441.6^NS	89.9^NS	58.1*	446.4*	5.03***	0.65*	9.33***	7578.5^NS	9704.7^NS
Drought stress x plant materials (MS)	18	1.65^NS	2.00^NS	319.6^NS	12.3^NS	5.2^NS	81.9^NS	0.34^NS	0.45^NS	0.39^NS	1450.7^NS	944.1^NS
Error	58	6.65	1.79	226.4	41.7	14.4	100.8	0.50	0.188	0.72	8666.9	5683.9
Control (MV)		4.08	2.69	73.8	12.1	29.1	20.4	1.64	0.72	2.36	109.45	57.75
Moderate drought stress (MV)		4.22	2.85	74.78	10.2	27.0	24.2	1.07	0.50	1.58	123.07	82.46
Severe drought stress (MV)		4.95	2.87	67.7	8.7	26.4	28.2	0.84	0.43	1.28	141.14	92.75
%age change due to moderate stress		– 3.31	– 5.95	– 1.3	16.1	7.1	– 18.4	34.52	29.80	33.05	– 12.44	– 42.79
%age change due to severe stress		– 21.36	– 6.66	8.3	28.5	9.1	– 37.7	48.62	39.41	45.82	– 28.95	– 60.59

Where; ^*, ^** and ^*** depict statistical significance at the 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001 probability level; NS, non-significant; MS, mean squares; MV, mean values.

MGT, Mean germination time; GI, Germination index; GP, Germination percentage; SS, Soluble sugar; PC, Protein contents; PRC, Proline contents; Chla, Chlorophyll a; Chlb, Chlorophyll b; TChl, Total chlorophyll; POD, Peroxidase activity; SOD, Superoxide dismutase activity.