Priming with copper-chitosan nanoparticles elicit tolerance against PEG-induced hyperosmotic stress and salinity in wheat

Table 3 Effect of Cu- CNP priming treatments on enzymatic and non- enzymatic antioxidants

Enzymatic /Non-Enzymatic Antioxidants	Treatments
	Non- Stress				Under PEG-induced hyperosmotic stress				Under salt stress
	Control	Hydro-priming	0.12% Cu- CNP	0.16% Cu- CNP	Control	Hydro-priming	0.12% Cu- CNP	0.16% Cu- CNP	Control	Hydro-priming	0.12% Cu- CNP	0.16% Cu- CNP
Catalase (CAT) (units/g f.wt)	437 cd	298 e	665 a	277 e	435 cd	470 c	652 a	445 cd	535 b	432 cd	650 a	417 d
Peroxidase (POD) (units/g f.wt)	29,252 a	6392 f	2913 g	6193 f	14,786 c	4139 g	3947 g	7470 f	9662 e	23,258 b	12,167 d	23,122 b
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) (units/g f.wt)	113 g	123 fg	121 fg	139 de	171 a	164 ab	148 cd	152 bcd	147 cd	142 de	160 abc	132 ef
Total Phenolics (TPC) (µM/g f.wt)	37,220 a	28,377 c	29,710 bc	27,750 c	21,822 de	21,053 e	24,277 d	18,150 f	32,322 b	19,400 ef	24,452 d	19,385 ef

Mean values of four replicates presented. Within a row, means sharing the same letters are non-significantly different (p > 0.05 and p > 0.01) according to the Tukey’s Test (HSD)

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