Cowpea seeds from plants subjected to restricted-and full-irrigation regimes show differential phytochemical activity

Botanical Studies

Table 2 Main effect of genotype treatments on some physiological traits and leaf nutrients content of cowpea

Genotype	Content of total phenolics	Content of ortho-diphenols	DPPH radical scavenging capacity	Leaf N	Leaf P	Leaf Mg
	(mg GA g⁻¹ DW)		(mmol Trolox g⁻¹ DW)	(mg plant⁻¹)
Arman	5.64c	2.77c	0.02c	98.6b	40.2b	1.66b
Azad	6.45ab	3.34ab	0.03ab	114.6ab	43.5ab	1.83ab
Adel	6.10bc	2.95bc	0.03bc	106.3ab	43.2ab	1.80ab
ILC482	6.90a	3.57a	0.03a	123.6a	46.7a	1.99a

Each parameter with the same letter is not significantly different according to LSD test at the 5% level of probability