Effect
Pepton treated tomato, cv. Ailsa Craig, under optimum water availability, showed no significant difference in relative water content, no difference in photosystem II maximum quantum yield efficiency, no difference in chlorophyll a/b ratio, no difference in total chlorophyll content, no difference in indole-3-acetic acid, no difference in trans-zeatin, no difference in isopentenyladenosine, no difference in GA1, no difference in GA3, no difference in abscisic acid, no difference in salicylic acid, no difference in jasmonic acid, no difference in α-tocopherol, no difference in α-tocopherol/chlorophyll ratio, no difference in γ-tocopherol, no difference in γ-tocopherol/chlorophyll ratio, no difference in plastachromanol-8, and no difference in plastachromanol-8/chlorophyll ratio, compared to untreated control plants, grown over 12 weeks.
Pepton treated tomato, cv. Ailsa Craig, under drought-stressed conditions, showed no significant difference in relative water content, no difference in photosystem II maximum quantum yield efficiency, no difference in chlorophyll a/b ratio, no difference in total chlorophyll content, increased indole-3-acetic acid, increased trans-zeatin, no difference in isopentenyladenosine, increased GA1, increased GA3, no difference in abscisic acid, no difference in salicylic acid, increased jasmonic acid, no difference in α-tocopherol, no difference in α-tocopherol/chlorophyll ratio, no difference in γ-tocopherol, no difference in γ-tocopherol/chlorophyll ratio, no increased plastachromanol-8, and increased plastachromanol-8/chlorophyll ratio, compared to untreated control plants, grown over 12 weeks.
