Physiological and Biochemical Responses to Drought Stress and Subsequent Rehydration in the Symbiotic Association Peanut-Bradyrhizobium sp.

Table 2

Effects of drought stress and rehydration on peanut growth.

Treatments	Shoot DW	Root DW	Root/Shoot ratio
	(mg)	(mg)
Control	806.93 ± 50.20^a	74.64 ± 10.57^a	0.090 ± 0.007^a
Drought	530.13 ± 67.74^b	121.53 ± 10.12^b	0.183 ± 0.019^b
stress
Rehydration	639.36 ± 49.99^b	113.75 ± 6.70^b	0.146 ± 0.019^b

Values are means ± S.E. (𝑛=12). Different letters in each column indicate significant differences at 𝑃<0.05 according to LSD Fisher’s test.