Effect of three water-regimes on morpho-physiological, biochemical and yield responses of local and foreign olive cultivars under field conditions

Table 3 The effect of different cultivars and irrigation regimes on soluble carbohydrate content, proline content, total phenolic content (TPC) and relative water content (RWC) of eight elite native and foreign olives

Source of Variance	Soluble carbohydrate content	Proline content	TPC	RWC
	(mg g⁻¹FW)	(µg g⁻¹FW)	(mg 100 g⁻¹FW)	(%)
Cultivar
Manzanilla	9.89 ± 0.78cd	37.89 ± 1.10bc	110.77 ± 9.92c	69.06 ± 1.59c
Sevillana	8.88 ± 1.04e	35.33 ± 2.62de	75.78 ± 26.65d	60.83 ± 1.36d
Mission	10.62 ± 1.01bc	35.75 ± 1.76cde	116.38 ± 33.44bc	72.51 ± 1.54b
Zard ali abad	10.38 ± 0.85bc	37.05 ± 0.76cd	112.72 ± 11.41bc	69.28 ± 1.39c
Roughani	8.94 ± 0.71de	34.38 ± 0.41e	79.00 ± 28.09d	59.45 ± 0.61d
Konservolia	12.49 ± 1.01a	40.28 ± 1.69a	151.78 ± 13.16a	76.67 ± 1.61a
Dezful	13.26 ± 0.69a	40.83 ± 1.11a	152.17 ± 16.47a	77.06 ± 0.57a
Shengeh	11.23 ± 0.72b	39.88 ± 1.21ab	131.40 ± 12.38b	72.67 ± 1.62b
Irrigation (%)
100	6.64 ± 0.09c	14.09 ± 1.10c	91.55 ± 17.48c	80.65 ± 0.49a
75	10.10 ± 0.97b	36.18 ± 0.74b	121.06 ± 12.12b	68.28 ± 0.46b
50	15.40 ± 0.73a	62.75 ± 0.24a	136.14 ± 11.32a	60.14 ± 1.35c
Cultivar	**	**	**	**
Irrigation	**	**	**	**
CultivarIrrigation*	ns	ns	ns	ns
LSD	0.61	1.37	12.37	1.29

Means having the same letter in traits are not significantly different by LSD multiple range test at 5%
ns, ** Non-significant or significant at p < 0.01. Different letters within each column indicate significant differences according to LSD multiple range test (p = 0.05)

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