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Influence of Sulfur Induced Stress on Oxidative Status and Antioxidative Machinery in Leaves of Allium cepa L.

Table 3

Effect of variable sulfur supply on carbohydrates (reducing sugar, nonreducing sugar, and total sugar and starch) and cysteine concentration in leaves of onion plants (Allium cepa L. var. Nasik-53) at 35 and 58 days after treatment.


Days after treatment		mM S L⁻¹ supply
Days after treatment		1.0	4.0	8.0

Carbohydrates: % fresh weight
35	Reducing sugar	0.189 ± 0.013^b	0.073 ± 0.017^a	0.151 ± 0.012^c
	Nonreducing sugar	0.040 ± 0.022^a	0.053 ± 0.013^b	0.067 ± 0.024^c
	Total sugar	0.229 ± 0.027^b	0.126 ± 0.030^a	0.218 ± 0.031^b
	Starch	0.913 ± 0.162^c	0.704 ± 0.143^a	0.822 ± 0.137^b
58	Reducing sugar	0.252 ± 0.019^b	0.130 ± 0.014^a	0.276 ± 0.013^b
	Nonreducing sugar	0.651 ± 0.031^c	0.102 ± 0.027^a	0.577 ± 0.021^b
	Total sugar	0.903 ± 0.024^b	0.232 ± 0.032^a	0.853 ± 0.029^b
	Starch	1.115 ± 0.124^c	0.775 ± 0.136^a	0.900 ± 0.147^b

Cysteine: mM 100 mg⁻¹
35	Cysteine	0.164 ± 0.004^a	0.183 ± 0.003^b	0.227 ± 0.006^c
58	Cysteine	0.122 ± 0.008^a	0.166 ± 0.006^b	0.187 ± 0.004^c

Values are mean ± SE, . Data with different superscript letters in the same row indicate a significant difference at .