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Table 1 Chlorophyll concentration of rice seedlings under heat stress combined with ACC treatment

From: Ethylene-mediated signaling confers thermotolerance and regulates transcript levels of heat shock factors in rice seedlings under heat stress

Concentration (μg g−1 FW)

Treatment

Control

Heat (45 °C)

0 μM ACC

10 μM ACC

Chlorophyll a

0.627 ± 0.081a,*

0.354 ± 0.028c

0.433 ± 0.010b

Chlorophyll b

0.197 ± 0.031a

0.198 ± 0.013a

0.177 ± 0.004a

Total chlorophyll

0.833 ± 0.113a

0.558 ± 0.017b

0.616 ± 0.006b

Chlorophyll a/b ratio

3.196 ± 0.175a

1.798 ± 0.268c

2.448 ± 0.109b

  1. The values are presented as mean ± standard deviation based on six biologically independent experiments
  2. *Different letters indicate significant difference between the treatments assessed using the LSD post hoc test (P < 0.05)
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