[Retracted] Overexpression of Bacterial mtlD Gene in Peanut Improves Drought Tolerance through Accumulation of Mannitol

Table 3

Effect of imposing water-deficit stress on 45-day-old plants (T and WT) after 24 days of stress imposition on mannitol content.

Line No.	Mannitol content (μg/g FW)
	Water-deficit stress	Well watered
MTD1	3.02  ±	2.25 ± 0.29^ab
MTD2	3.30 ± 0.42^cd	1.81 ± 0.22^b
MTD3	4.74 ± 0.41^a	2.98 ± 0.38^a
MTD4	3.72 ± 0.10^bcd	2.83 ± 0.16^a
MTD5	4.65 ± 0.33^a	2.74 ± 0.29^a
MTD6	4.26 ± 0.22^ab	2.84 ± 0.14^a
MTD7	3.58 ± 0.17^bc	2.71 ± 0.29^a
MTD8	4.12 ± 0.39^abc	2.73 ± 0.29^a
GG 20 (WT)	ND	ND
LSD	0.90	0.80

The data are mean of three replicates ± SE; ND: not detected; means followed by the same lower case letters within a column are not significantly different ( ≤ 0.05).