Fig 1.
Environmental conditions during the growth period of Thymus vulgaris recorded on different days after treatments (DAT).
(A) Light intensity (μmol m-2 s-1), (B) Temperatures at 9:00, 12:00, and 18:00 (ºC).
Table 1.
Different aspects of Thymus vulgaris L. affected by changes in light intensity.
Fig 2.
Alterations in the activity of antioxidant enzymes (U mg − 1 Protein) of T. vulgaris in response to different light intensities (20%, 50%, 70% and 100%).
Fig 3.
Heat map diagram illustrating the expression levels of genes involved in the thymol biosynthetic pathway in response to different light intensities in T. vulgaris.
Error bars indicate the standard deviation.
Fig 4.
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of studied traits in Thymus vulgaris.
(A): Loading Plot, (B): Component Plot. TSC: Total sugar content, CYP178:CYP71D178, CYP179: CYP71D179, pCymen: P-Cymen, gTerpinene: γ-terpinene, POD: Peroxidase, CAT: Catalase, MDA: Malondialdehyde, SOD: super oxiddismotase, PPO: Polyphenol oxidase, Chla: Chlorophyll a, Chlb: Chlorophyll b, CAR: Carotenoids, TFC: Total flavonoid content, ACN: Anthocyanin, BI: Biomass index, LN: Leaf number, IN: Internode number, LA: Leaf area, SM: Stem length, TPC: Total phenol content, EO: Essential oil, MTs: Monoterpenes, SQTs: Sesquiterpenes.
Fig 5.
Pearson correlation between different traits in the T. vulgaris.
CYP178: CYP71D178, CYP179: CYP71D179, EO: essential oil, BI: biomass index, LN: leaf number, IN: internode length, LA: leaf area, SL: stem number, CAT: catalase, POD: polyphenoloxidase, SOD: super oxiddismotase, MDA: malondialdehyde, TPC: total phenol content, TFC: total flavonoid content.