Table 1
Results for CO2 assimilation rate (A, µmol CO2·m-2·s-1), stomatal conductance (gs, µmol CO2·m-2·s-1), internal CO2 concentration in the substomatic chamber (Ci, µmol CO2·m-2·air-1), transpiration rate (E, mmol H2O·m-2·s-1), and water potential (Ψw, MPa) evaluated on the 3rd, 6th, and 9th day in sweet potato ‘Beauregard’ treated with two concentrations of a MeJA plant regulator [without (0 µmol·L-1) and with (13 µmol·L-1) application] in combination with two water regimes (optimum and drought conditions, which correspond to field capacity at 100 and 40%, respectively).
Table 2
Result for instantaneous carboxylation efficiency (EiC, mol·air-1) and water use efficiency (WUE, µmol CO2·mmol-1 H2O) evaluated on the 3rd, 6th, and 9th day in sweet potato ‘Beauregard’ treated with two concentrations of a MeJA plant regulator [without (0 µmol·L-1) and with (13 µmol·L-1) application] in combination with two water regimes (optimum and drought conditions, which correspond to field capacity at 100 and 40%, respectively).
Table 3
Result for total leaf area (TLA, cm2), number of tuberous root (NTU, unity·plant-1) and diameter of tuberous root (DTU, cm) evaluated on the 9th day in sweet potato ‘Beauregard’ treated with two concentrations of a MeJA plant regulator [without (0 µmol·L-1) and with (13 µmol·L-1) application] in combination with two water regimes (optimum and drought conditions, which correspond to field capacity at 100 and 40%, respectively).
Table 4
Tukey’s test result for leaf (LDB, g·plant-1), steam (SDB, g·plant-1) total shoot (TSDB, g·plant-1), tuberous root (TUDB, g·plant-1), adventitious root (ARDB, g·plant-1) and total root dry biomass (TRDB, g·plant-1) evaluated on the 9th day in sweet potato ‘Beauregard’ treated with two concentrations of a MeJA plant regulator [without (0 µmol·L-1) and with (13 µmol·L-1) application] in combination with two water regimes (optimum and drought conditions, which correspond to field capacity at 100 and 40%, respectively).
Table S1
Summary of analysis of variance (ANOVA) for CO2 assimilation rate (A), stomatal conductance (gs), internal concentration of CO2 in the substomatic chamber (Ci), transpiration rate (E), instantaneous carboxylation efficiency (EiC), water use efficiency (WUE), and leaf water potential (Ψw) evaluated on the 3rd, 6th, and 9th day in sweet potato ‘Beauregard’ treated with two concentrations of a MeJA plant regulator [without (0 µmol·L-1) and with (13 µmol·L-1) application] in combination with two water regimes (normal and drought conditions, which correspond to field capacity at 100 and 40%, respectively).
Table S2
Summary of analysis of variance (ANOVA) for chlorophyll a (Chl a), chlorophyll b (Chl b), total chlorophyll (Tchl), carotenoids (CAR), total anthocyanin (TA), leaf β-carotene (Lβ-car), and root β-carotene (Rβ-car) evaluated on the 9th day in sweet potato ‘Beauregard’ treated with two concentrations of a MeJA plant regulator [without (0 µmol·L-1) and with (13 µmol·L-1) application] in combination with two water regimes (normal and drought conditions, which correspond to field capacity at 100 and 40%, respectively).
Table S3
Summary of analysis of variance (ANOVA) for total phenolic in leaf (TPL) and root (TPR), total flavonoid in leaf (TFL) and root (TFR) activity of the enzyme phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), malondialdehyde (MDA), and proline evaluated on the 9th day in sweet potato ‘Beauregard’ treated with two concentrations of a MeJA plant regulator [without (0 µmol·L-1) and with (13 µmol·L-1) application] in combination with two water regimes (normal and drought conditions, which correspond to field capacity at 100 and 40%, respectively).
Table S4
Summary of analysis of variance (ANOVA) for total leaf area (TLA), number of tuberous root (NTU), diameter of tuberous root (DTU), leaf (LDB), steam (SDB) total shoot (TSDB), tuberous root (TUDB), adventitious root (ARDB), and total root dry biomass (TRDB) evaluated on the 9th day in sweet potato ‘Beauregard’ treated with two concentrations of a MeJA plant regulator [without (0 µmol·L-1) and with (13 µmol·L-1) application] in combination with two water regimes (normal and drought conditions, which correspond to field capacity at 100 and 40%, respectively).