3.1.2. Relative Water Content (RWC)
The relative water content in all the studied genotypes showed
significant difference in both control and drought stress condition. The
mean value under normal condition 100% field capacity 94.580% was
recorded while in drought stress condition 80% field capacity the mean
value for relative water content 81.887% was recorded for all the
studied genotypes. In drought stress 60% field capacity the mean value
for relative water content 73.659% was recorded (Table 1, Fig. 2). In
general, RWCs declined during water stress in all the studied wheat
genotypes. The Analysis of variance (ANOVA) result showed that in
drought condition the interaction between genotypes and different levels
of drought stress are not positively significant (Table 2). The least
significant difference (LSD) indicated that in 100% field capacity the
relative water content were not affected and maximum relative water
content 96.477% were recorded for SD-32 genotype followed by chirya-1
genotype. Similarly in drought stress 80% and 60% field capacity the
maximum relative water content was recorded for chirya-1 genotype which
was 82.8% and 76% respectively (Table 3)