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Table 3 Effect of glyphosate application on the photosynthetic rate (A N ), stomatal conductance (g s ), substomatal CO 2 concentration (C i ), transpiration rate (E), quantum efficiency of photosystem II (PhiPS2), maximum quantum yield efficiency (Fv/Fm) and SPAD index

From: Protein kinase GCN2 mediates responses to glyphosate in Arabidopsis

Genotype

 

A N (μmol m −2  s −1 )

g s (mol m −2  s −1 )

C i (μmol mol −1 )

E (mmol m −2  s −1 )

PhiPS2

Fv/Fm

SPAD (a.u.)

Ler

Control glyphosate

7.3a

0.13a

301b

3.3a

0.106a

0.822

33a

3.1b

0.05b

328a

2.0b

0.059b

0.826NS

27b

gcn2

Control glyphosate

7.5

0.10

288a

3.1

0.134

0.834

34b

7.2NS

0.08NS

255b

2.6NS

0.125NS

0.836NS

37a

  1. Each value is the mean of eight independent determinations in different plants.
  2. For each genotype, different letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05); NS: not significant.