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S-transferase / glutathione peroxidase (Roxas et al.,
1997 and 2000) showed increased tolerance to
osmotic and oxidative stresses.
Table 4 Effect of salt stress (NaCl) on proline and catalase enzyme activity of green gram (CO6 and CO8)
Treatments
Proline (µg/g)
Catalase (µg H
2
O
2
g
-1
min
-1
)
CO 6
CO8
CO 6
CO8
T
1
233.10
253.71
38.10
33.03
T
2
382.71
384.70
77.10
72.02
T
3
369.62
371.64
75.03
69.95
T
4
362.74
364.79
73.09
68.01
T
5
357.59
359.10
70.20
65.21
T
6
351.78
353.20
65.11
60.03
T
7
342.21
344.77
63.12
58.04
T
8
337.35
339.33
59.20
54.12
T
9
333.79
335.55
56.99
59.91
T
10
301.52
303.28
53.63
48.55
T
11
251.98
253.61
46.26
41.18
Mean
329.6
331.6
61.6
56.5
SE.d
0.160
0.115
0.816
0.115
CD (0.05)
0.333
0.240
1.693
0.240
3.5 Correlation studies
In this experiment result, the effect of sodium chloride
on greengram variety CO6 and CO8 had positively
correlated in proline and catalase enzyme activity. The
variety CO6 had R
2
value of 0.9316 (Figure 1) and
CO8 had R
2
value of 0.9412 (Figure 2).
Figure 1 Correlation studies of proline and catalase enzyme
activity in greengram CO6
Figure 2 Correlation studies of proline and catalase enzyme
activity in greengram CO8
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