Responses of maize hybrids to water stress conditions at different developmental stages: accumulation of reactive oxygen species, activity of enzymatic antioxidants and degradation in kernel quality traits.

Physiological traits and photosynthetic pigments The results obtained from ANOVA unveiled the presence of highly significant differences ( P ≤ 0.05) among maize hybrids, stress treatments, and their interactions for physiological traits and photosynthetic pigments i.e ., net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (Ci), transpirational rate (Tr), chlorophyll a and b (Chl a , Chl b ) and carotenoid contents (carotenoid) ( Table 1 ).

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