Effect of genotypes and foliar spray of methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid on andrographolide yield in Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees. under semi-arid climate

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 4 Plant height, dry herbage yield, andrographolide concentration and andrographolide yield in leaves of Andrographis paniculata at 140 DAT

Morphotype	Treatment	Plant height (cm)		Dry herbage yield (g plant⁻¹)		Andrographolide concentration (%)		Andrographolide yield (mg Plant⁻¹)
AP13	C	58.2	bcde	58.0	a	1.49	abcdefg	0.861	a
	C + MeJ	59.3	abcd	57.6	a	1.50	abcdefg	0.864	a
	C + SA	59.2	abcd	57.3	a	1.49	abcdefg	0.850	ab
	S	57.1	defg	49.5	bc	1.57	abcd	0.776	abc
	S + MeJ	52.8	hijk	48.9	cd	1.59	abc	0.778	abc
	S + SA	54.2	ghij	47.1	cde	1.59	abc	0.748	bc
AP18	C	60.5	abc	48.2	cd	1.32	g	0.633	de
	C + MeJ	61.0	ab	47.2	cde	1.33	g	0.627	de
	C + SA	58.9	abcde	44.3	e	1.37	efg	0.604	de
	S	59.5	abcd	40.2	fg	1.53	abcdef	0.613	de
	S + MeJ	53.8	ghij	39.6	gh	1.39	defg	0.548	e
	S + SA	55.7	efgh	37.9	ghij	1.47	abcdefg	0.556	e
AP2	C	62.0	a	38.4	ghij	1.41	cdefg	0.539	e
	C + MeJ	61.9	a	39.1	ghi	1.60	abc	0.623	de
	C + SA	61.4	ab	38.9	ghij	1.56	abcde	0.606	de
	S	54.9	fghi	36.4	ghij	1.47	abcdefg	0.535	e
	S + MeJ	54.5	fghij	34.6	j	1.62	ab	0.560	e
	S + SA	56.2	defg	35.7	hij	1.61	ab	0.575	e
AP24	C	48.0	mno	43.6	ef	1.61	ab	0.700	cd
	C + MeJ	49.8	klm	45.5	de	1.36	fg	0.618	de
	C + SA	49.4	lmn	43.5	ef	1.44	bcdefg	0.624	de
	S	46.5	no	38.1	ghij	1.48	abcdefg	0.564	e
	S + MeJ	45.5	o	35.0	ij	1.53	abcdef	0.536	e
	S + SA	41.6	p	36.3	ghij	1.66	a	0.603	de
AP35	C	58.8	abcde	59.7	a	1.48	abcdefg	0.880	a
	C + MeJ	57.5	cdef	59.9	a	1.43	bcdefg	0.853	ab
	C + SA	56.7	defg	59.9	a	1.41	cdefg	0.841	ab
	S	51.7	ijkl	52.7	b	1.54	abcdef	0.811	ab
	S + MeJ	51.3	jkl	52.9	b	1.53	abcdef	0.809	ab
	S + SA	52.8	hijk	53.0	b	1.55	abcdef	0.821	ab

C Control, S Stressed, MeJ Methyl jasmonate, SA salicylic acid, means with the same letter in the columns do not showing significantly different (P = 0.05)—(Duncan Multiple Range Test)