Identification of drought-response genes and a study of their expression during sucrose accumulation and water deficit in sugarcane culms

Table 3 Stomatal conductance, photosynthetic rate and relative water content (RWC) of the last fully expanded leaf from water deficit stressed and control plants.

	Time 0		15 days
	Control	Water deficit	Control	Water deficit
Stomatal conductance (mmol H₂O m^-2s^-1)	240^a	220^a	310^a	20^b
Photosynthesis (μmol CO₂m^-2s^-1)	29.91^a	28.44^a	29.37^a	0.14^b
RWC (%)	98.93^a	95.86^a	98.07^a	43.17^b

^aWithin each row, numbers with different letters are significantly different (LSD test, one-way analysis of variance, P ≤ 0.05).

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