Activities of leaf and spike carbohydrate-metabolic and antioxidant enzymes are linked with yield performance in three spring wheat genotypes grown under well-watered and drought conditions

Table 5 Combined correlations of leaf carbohydrate metabolic and antioxidants activity with leaf water relations, gaseous exchange, abscisic acid, and with yield and yield contributing traits

RWC relative water content, ABA Abscisic acid, cwInv Cell wall invertase, cytInv Cytoplasmic invertase, vacInv Vacuolar invertase, cwPOX Cell wall peroxidase, MDHAR Monodehydroascorbate reductase, GST Glutathione- S-transferase, Ψ_π Leaf osmotic potential, OA Osmotic adjustment, An Photosynthesis, Gs Stomatal conductance, E Transpiration rate, BM Plant biomass, GY Grain yield, NGS Number of grains spike^-1, KA Kernel Abortion, TKW Thousand kernel weight and HI Harvest index
P* < 0.05, P** < 0.01 and P*** < 0.001

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