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. 2023 Feb 10;14:1118383. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1118383

Table 2.

Photosynthetic rate, transpiration, stomatal conductance and chlorophyll content in tomato leaves under salinity stress.

Tomato cultivar Growth system Salt Salinity level (mM) Photosynthetic rate
(µmol CO2 m−2s−1)
Transpiration
(mmol H2O m−2s−1)
Stomatal conductance
(mol m−2s−1)
Chlorophyll
(mg/g)
Reference
BINATomato-5 Hydroponic cultivation with vermiculite and half-strength Hoagland’s nutrient solution NaCl 0, 60, 120 mM 12.2 ↘ 4.9 0.27 ↘ 0.151 Hossain et al. (2012)
Tomato Hydroponic system with aerated Hoagland nutrient solution NaCl 0, 100, 150 mM 31.3 ↘ 24.1 10.6 ↘ 5.8 0.6 ↘ 0.2 Lovelli et al. (2012)
Tomato Sandy loam soil NaCl 0, 100, 150 mg/L 25.2 ↘ 5.90 3.7 ↘ 1.39 0.5 ↘ 0.04 12.8 ↘ 7.0 Giannakoula and Ilias (2013)
Belladonna Hydroponic system with perlite and standard nutrient solution NaCl 0, 50 mM 25.70 ↗ 27.28 0.55 ↘ 0.50 Costan et al. (2020)
Super Chef Hydroponic system with aerated half-strength Hoagland’s nutrient solution NaCl 0-120 mM 1.373 ↘ 0.811 1.373 ↘ 0.811 Taheri et al. (2020)
Tomato Silt loam (sand 20.84 %, silt 57.46 % and clay 21.7 %) NaCl 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 dS m-1 0.08 ↘ 0.02 Parvin et al., (2015)
Moneymaker Coconut coir fiber irrigated with Hoagland no. 2 solution NaCl 0, 75 mM 8.5 ↘ 6.1 0.41 ↘ 0.20 Renau-Morata et al. (2017)
Tomato Sandy loam soil NaCl 0.6, 2, 4, 6 dS m-1 11.10 ↘ 8.86 2.65 ↘ 2.26 0.114 ↘ 0.092 39.81 ↘ 37.74 Yang et al. (2020)
CF Momotaro York Coconut fiber and rice husks in hydroponic system with Enshi nutrient solution NaCl 1.2, 6.0
dS m-1
14.7 ↘ 13.2 5.2 ↘ 3.8 0.47 ↘ 0.36 Maeda et al. (2020)
Endeavour 17.7 ↘ 15.5 5.7 ↘ 4.3 0.54 ↘ 0.41
Belle Vermiculite and rockwool flocks in hydroponic system with standard nutrient solution NaCl 2, 4, 6
dS m-1
30.6 ↘ 17.1 25.7 ↘ 12.1 4.0 ↘ 0.4 Marsic et al. (2018)
Gardel 32.5 ↘ 19.4 17.6 ↘ 15.7 4.6 ↘ 0.4
Ailsa Craig Hydroponic cultivation with half-strength Hoagland’s nutrient solution NaCl 0, 125 mM 5.97 ↘ 2.74 0.51 ↘ 0.25 Gharbi et al. (2017a)
Lakshmi Sand NaCl 0, 0.3, 0.5 g/kg 27 ↘ 21 0.996 ↘ 0.751 (Chl a)
0.256 ↘ 0.185 (Chl b)
Singh et al. (2016)
Tomato Perlite-vermiculite (1:3 v/v) with half-strength modified Hoagland nutrient solution NaCl 0, 40, 80, 160 mM 0.645 ↘ 0.618 Martínez et al. (2014)

↑, Increase in parameter value; ↓, decrease in parameter value.