Research Article

Influence of Drought and Sowing Time on Protein Composition, Antinutrients, and Mineral Contents of Wheat

Table 1

Effect of sowing time on test weight and grain plumpness of drought-susceptible (PBW 343) and drought-tolerant (C 306) wheat genotypes grown under irrigated and rain-fed conditions. Values are mean ± standard deviation of three plots; CD, critical difference; hl, hectoliter; NS, not significant.

YearSowing timeGenotypeTest weight (Kg/hl)Grain plumpness > 2.8 mm(%) Grain plumpness < 2.5 mm (%)
TreatmentTreatmentTreatment
IrrigatedRain fedIrrigatedRain fedIrrigatedRain fed

Year I (2008)Early sownPBW 343 7 1 . 8 2 ± 0 . 4 0 6 6 . 5 0 ± 3 . 9 8 2 6 . 7 1 ± 1 . 9 7 3 9 . 1 2 ± 0 . 7 5 2 1 . 2 1 ± 0 . 5 9 1 7 . 3 4 ± 0 . 2 7
C 306 7 7 . 8 1 ± 0 . 9 6 7 1 . 4 8 ± 0 . 5 1 5 3 . 7 3 ± 2 . 7 0 2 3 . 4 8 ± 1 . 2 5 1 2 . 1 6 ± 0 . 5 4 2 9 . 2 4 ± 1 . 2 3
Timely sownPBW 343 7 2 . 7 4 ± 0 . 0 4 6 8 . 8 9 ± 0 . 4 5 2 4 . 7 0 ± 0 . 3 6 7 . 7 9 ± 1 . 8 7 2 0 . 2 5 ± 0 . 7 1 4 0 . 3 2 ± 1 . 9 5
C 306 7 5 . 1 7 ± 2 . 2 8 7 6 . 9 4 ± 0 . 3 0 5 6 . 1 8 ± 6 . 4 0 4 1 . 6 5 ± 1 . 0 0 1 3 . 2 2 ± 5 . 2 9 1 9 . 2 6 ± 0 . 2 8
Late sownPBW 343 7 0 . 1 8 ± 0 . 1 4 7 1 . 7 8 ± 0 . 0 8 9 . 1 6 ± 0 . 8 1 1 4 . 5 2 ± 0 . 5 4 3 8 . 6 1 ± 1 . 4 4 3 1 . 7 4 ± 1 . 5 9
C 306 7 6 . 8 7 ± 0 . 6 4 7 4 . 0 4 ± 0 . 0 9 6 3 . 1 7 ± 1 . 1 2 3 9 . 9 4 ± 0 . 0 6 9 . 8 3 ± 0 . 8 5 1 9 . 4 2 ± 0 . 1 5

Year II (2009)Early sownPBW 343 7 4 . 0 8 ± 0 . 6 0 7 2 . 0 4 ± 0 . 1 4 6 6 . 8 7 ± 1 7 . 7 7 3 6 . 4 2 ± 0 . 5 3 7 . 0 2 ± 4 . 2 1 2 1 . 8 5 ± 0 . 5 7
C 306 7 8 . 9 5 ± 1 . 3 3 7 7 . 7 0 ± 0 . 8 7 6 5 . 5 5 ± 3 . 0 0 4 2 . 6 9 ± 8 . 2 4 8 . 5 4 ± 0 . 7 7 1 8 . 6 3 ± 3 . 1 0
Timely sownPBW 343 7 5 . 1 9 ± 1 . 4 0 7 2 . 4 5 ± 1 . 2 1 5 8 . 8 2 ± 1 6 . 8 0 3 3 . 4 0 ± 3 . 5 9 7 . 8 2 ± 4 . 9 0 2 2 . 5 6 ± 2 . 0 2
C 306 7 8 . 1 7 ± 2 . 2 8 7 7 . 2 6 ± 0 . 4 5 6 3 . 8 4 ± 1 0 . 4 3 4 3 . 2 5 ± 7 . 6 0 9 . 2 2 ± 4 . 0 9 1 9 . 3 9 ± 2 . 9 7
Late sownPBW 343 6 8 . 0 9 ± 2 . 2 3 7 2 . 6 6 ± 1 . 0 2 1 3 . 4 9 ± 5 . 5 2 1 3 . 9 5 ± 0 . 8 1 3 2 . 4 2 ± 6 . 8 1 3 4 . 0 3 ± 0 . 9 6
C 306 7 6 . 8 6 ± 1 . 1 5 7 5 . 9 0 ± 1 . 6 7 3 7 . 0 0 ± 6 . 7 8 3 1 . 8 4 ± 7 . 1 8 2 0 . 0 9 ± 3 . 2 8 2 4 . 5 3 ± 2 . 5 5

Test weightGrain plumpness > 2.8 mmGrain plumpness < 2.5 mm
Year IYear IIYear IYear IIYear IYear II

CD 𝑃 0 . 0 5 Sowing time1.121.101.553.091.553.09
Genotype0.910.901.272.521.272.52
Treatment0.91NS1.272.521.272.52