Table 5 The effect of different cultivars and irrigation regimes on catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD) activity and malondialdehyde (MDA) content of eight elite native and foreign olives

Cultivar

 Manzanilla

0.90 ± 0.05c

2.41 ± 0.26c

3.35 ± 0.17ab

 Sevillana

0.76 ± 0.01d

1.70 ± 0.14d

3.69 ± 0.58a

 Mission

1.02 ± 0.04b

2.65 ± 0.11bc

2.88 ± 0.62c

 Zard ali abad

0.95 ± 0.05c

2.65 ± 0.13bc

3.21 ± 0.13bc

 Roughani

0.78 ± 0.04d

1.94 ± 0.39d

3.56 ± 0.59ab

 Konservolia

1.23 ± 0.05a

2.99 ± 0.17a

2.15 ± 0.26d

 Dezful

1.24 ± 0.02a

3.02 ± 0.05a

2.13 ± 0.53d

 Shengeh

1.07 ± 0.01b

2.83 ± 0.04ab

2.24 ± 0.52d

Irrigation (%)

 100

0.57 ± 0.01c

1.46 ± 0.08c

2.07 ± 0.19c

 75

0.92 ± 0.03b

2.45 ± 0.14b

2.70 ± 0.34b

 50

1.49 ± 0.03a

3.66 ± 0.08a

3.94 ± 0.43a

Cultivar

**

**

**

Irrigation

**

**

**

Cultivar*Irrigation

ns

ns

ns

LSD

0.04

0.18

0.46