The Effect of Water Stress on Some Morphological, Physiological, and Biochemical Characteristics and Bud Success on Apple and Quince Rootstocks

Table 2

Relative water content (RWC), chlorophyll index (CI), and electrolyte leakage (EL) of M9 and MA rootstocks grown under water stress conditions.

Water stress	RWC (%)	CI	EL (%)
M9
Control	81.65^a	270.33^a	25.32^b
Moderate	77.82^a	228.70^b	27.27^b
Severe	70.20^b	143.66^c	30.95^a
LSD	7.52*	16.38**	2.16*
MA
Control	79.85^a	271.00^a	39.06^b
Moderate	68.80^b	208.60^b	44.30^b
Severe	60.80^c	132.50^c	52.17^a
LSD	6.49*	14.75**	4.20**

𝐹 test: *𝑃<0.05; ** <0.01; n.s.: not significant.
The means followed by the same letter in each column are not significantly different according to LSD test at 5% or 1% level.