Evaluation of Genetic Variations in Maize Seedlings Exposed to Electric Field Based on Protein and DNA Markers

Table 6

Essential and nonessential amino acid composition of ELF exposed and nonexposed maize seedlings.

Free amino acids; (μmol/100 mg dry weight)	Electric field treatments
	T0	T1	T3	T5
Essential amino acids (EAA)
Arginine	8.29	7.63	7.21	7.19
Histidine	2.92	2.77	2.15	1.13
Isoleucine	1.74	1.68	1.35	1.30
Lysine	2.13	1.88	1.65	2.02
Methionine	2.47	2.25	1.97	2.03
Leucine	0.84	0.83	0.80	0.74
Phenylalanine	1.34	1.22	1.13	1.19
Threonine	2.06	1.89	1.59	1.42
Valine	1.33	1.21	1.21	1.24
Total of EAA at each treatment	23.12	21.36	19.06	18.26
Sum	81.80 = 62.73%
% total of EAA at each treatment	28.26	26.11	23.30	22.32
Nonessential amino acids (NEAA)
Alanine	2.68	2.46	1.85	1.78
Aspartic acid	1.68	1.52	1.44	1.39
Glutamic acid	1.48	1.25	1.05	1.01
Cystein	2.33	0.45	0.46	0.39
Proline	0.49	2.27	2.05	2.76
Tyrosine	1.41	1.28	1.28	0.98
Asparagine	2.38	2.21	2.14	2.12
Glutamine	1.66	1.63	1.51	1.33
Total of NEAA at each treatment	14.11	13.07	11.78	11.76
Sum	50.72 = 38.27%
% total of NEAA at each treatment	27.82	25.77	23.23	23.19
Total number of EAAs and non-EAAs	37.23	34.43	30.84	30.02
Sum	132.52
%	28.09	25.98	23.27	22.65