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Table 4 Contents of MDA in non-transgenic (NT) and transgenic (SC) potatoes during and after water stress

From: Enhanced tolerance of transgenic potato plants expressing choline oxidase in chloroplasts against water stress

PEG treatments

Potato type

MDA content (mmol.g.FW-1)

Stress period

Recovery period

DAY 0

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY5

Control (0% PEG)

SC

4.38±0.58

4.21±0.34

4.25±0.56

4.36±0.34

4.31±0.46

4.28±0.53

NT

4.35±0.33

4.15±0.26

4.11±0.24

4.43±0.37

4.27±0.41

4.32±0.31

Moderate stress (10% PEG)

SC

4.16±0.61

5.88±1.67

6.92±1.88

8.98±2.17

5.74*±1.42

4.81±1.14

NT

4.24±0.31

6.17±2.54

7.25±1.57

9.02±2.64

7.18±2.47

5.92±1.13

Severe stress (20% PEG)

SC

4.33±0.26

6.36*±1.83

9.78*±2.46

11.52±2.84

6.29*±1.45

5.63*±1.57

NT

4.27±0.27

9.47±2.32

14.24±1.69

13.32±3.68

9.46±2.55

8.38±2.84

  1. Data are expressed as the mean of five replicates. Asterisks (*) represent significantly different (P < 0.05) with the NT.