Table 4.

Variability in soluble sugars, protein content, and proline content in Elymus species and wheat cultivars under drought stress.

	SS (Mg/gm)					PC (Mg/gm)					PRC (μmol/g)
	%age change to control					%age change to control					%age change to control
Plant materials	Control	MS	SS	MS	SS	Control	MS	SS	MS	SS	Control	MS	SS	MS	SS
E. longioristatus	9.04	6.79	5.88	24.90	34.91	28.51	26.71	25.89	6.29	9.20	16.55	22.11	26.98	– 33.57	– 63.02
E. dahuricus	12.57	8.15	6.95	35.18	44.74	25.78	25.27	24.04	1.97	6.75	14.82	22.97	26.67	– 54.95	– 79.91
E. schrenkianus	14.44	12.11	11.47	16.12	20.56	28.88	27.13	26.07	6.04	9.73	17.38	26.31	44.58	– 51.34	– 156.45
E. semicostatus	8.80	5.41	4.42	38.49	49.78	27.61	26.84	25.71	2.80	6.90	15.16	15.53	14.12	– 2.44	6.86
E. nutans	13.25	11.35	9.26	14.33	30.07	34.18	27.91	28.26	18.35	17.33	31.09	34.74	35.37	– 11.74	– 13.77
E. russelli	11.59	11.37	15.16	1.86	– 30.78	27.67	27.21	27.10	1.67	2.09	22.95	30.78	28.79	– 34.12	– 25.46
E. borianus	11.54	9.18	7.83	20.45	32.15	33.98	27.48	26.92	19.11	20.76	16.70	28.57	23.06	– 71.03	– 38.05
E. caninus	17.28	11.50	11.40	33.44	34.04	29f.37	28.57	27.67	2.72	5.80	32.19	20.91	36.94	35.03	– 14.73
Pirsabak– 2005	9.64	14.55	8.45	– 51.03	12.26	28.20	27.80	27.45	1.42	2.66	16.79	17.08	22.78	– 1.71	– 35.65
Faisalabad– 2008	13.06	11.24	5.84	13.91	55.26	26.74	25.56	25.22	4.41	5.65	20.99	23.37	22.50	– 11.29	– 7.17

Where SS, Soluble sugar; PC, Protein contents; PRC, Proline contents.