. 2023 Jan 7;2023:4374318. doi: 10.1155/2023/4374318

Table 3.

Physiological responses of the three red pepper cultivars against drought stress.

Cultivar	Treatments	LRWC (%)	CF (Fv/Fm)	A (μ mol CO₂ m⁻²s⁻¹)	E (m mol m⁻²s⁻¹)	Gs (mol m⁻² s⁻¹)
Hagerew	Control	83.86 ± 1.81^a	0.7533 ± 0.02^a	16.87 ± 0.74^a	5.11 ± 0.19^a	0.199 ± 0.007^a
	Low stress	82.26 ± 3.37^a (1.92)	0.6823 ± 0.02^a (1.59)	15.71 ± 0.66^b (20.70)	5.27 ± 0.20^b (3.33)	0.188 ± 0.004^b (1.11)
	Moderate stress	77.77 ± 3.38^a (7.26)	0.6690 ± 0.003^a (3.50)	14.27 ± 0.34^bc (23.56)	4.67 ± 0.13^c (4.35)	0.182 ± 0.002^c (2.55)
	Severe stress	66.87 ± 6.19^b (20.26)	0.6702 ± 0.009^b (3.33)	12.78 ± 0.53^d (26.78)	3.23 ± 0.11^d (5.45)	0.111 ± 0.001^d (11.45)

Markofana	Control	86.44 ± 3.01^a	0.7630 ± 0.03^a	15.79 ± 0.84^a	5.81 ± 0.31^a	0.185 ± 0.005^a
	Low stress	85.14 ± 3.45^a (1.50)	0.6533 ± 0.03^a (4.35)	15.32 ± 0.54^b (21.45)	5.23 ± 0.29^a (3.35)	0.188 ± 0.006^b (1.08)
	Moderate stress	78.08 ± 2.36^a (9.67)	0.6423 ± 0.02^a (5.96)	14.35 ± 0.44^c (22.21)	4.97 ± 0.25^a (4.11)	0.167 ± 0.004^c (3.83)
	Severe stress	71.46 ± 14.21^a (17.33)	0.6577 ± 0.006^a (3.70)	13.56 ± 0.47^d (24.35)	4.11 ± 0.16^a (5.00)	0.134 ± 0.003^d (10.97)

Mitmita	Control	87.41 ± 1.67^a	0.7713 ± 0.008^a	17.12 ± 0.89^a	6.76 ± 0.45^a	0.198 ± 0.007^a
	Low stress	86.57 ± 3.01^a (0.96)	0.7030 ± 0.007^a (0.24)	17.00 ± 0.79^a (10.11)	6.45 ± 0.40^a (3.23)	0.199 ± 0.007^a (1.02)
	Moderate stress	82.44 ± 0.54^a (5.69)	0.6707 ± 0.02^a (4.36)	16.34 ± 0.47^a (19.99)	5.67 ± 0.32^a (3.56)	0.178 ± 0.005^a (2.66)
	Severe stress	73.49 ± 0.003^a (15.92)	0.6810 ± 0.01^a (2.89)	15.00 ± 0.74^a (21.11)	4.99 ± 0.22^a (3.00)	0.166 ± 0.003^a (4.33)

The values represent the mean ± SE of the three replicates. Numbers followed by different letters in the columns indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) according to the LSD test values within parenthesis are percent variations as obtained from the control plants of respective cultivars.