Responses of maize hybrids to water stress conditions at different developmental stages: accumulation of reactive oxygen species, activity of enzymatic antioxidants and degradation in kernel quality traits

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Introduction

Materials and Methods

Experimental material and site

Water stress treatments

Collection of samples for biochemical analysis

Measurement of yield-related morpho-agronomical traits

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Recording/measurement of physiological parameters and proline contents

Accumulation of reactive oxidative species (MDA and H2O2)

Determination of enzymatic antioxidants (CAT and T-SOD)

Measurement of kernel quality traits

Statistical analysis

Metrological data (spring 2019–2020 and 2020–2021)

Results

Kernel yield and related traits

Physiological traits and photosynthetic pigments

Free proline contents

Accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROXs)

Accumulation of enzymatic antioxidants

Kernel quality traits

Discussion

Conclusions

Supplemental Information

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Muhammad Irfan Yousaf conceived and designed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Muhammad Waheed Riaz conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Aamar Shehzad analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Shakra Jamil performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Rahil Shahzad analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Shamsa Kanwal analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Aamir Ghani analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Farman Ali performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Muhammad Abdullah performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Muhammad Ashfaq performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Quaid Hussain conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data is available in the Supplemental Files.

Funding

The research was supported by the Maize and Millets Research Institute, Yusafwala-Sahiwal, Pakistan. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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