Table 2.

Effects of different concentrations of MP and ML on the biomass indexes of A. philoxeroides.

Treatment	Shoot dry weight(g)	Root dry weight(g)	Root–shoot ratio	Plant water content	Degree of succulence
CK	0.55 ± 0.07a	0.27 ± 0.02 ab	0.50 ± 0.03c	0.70 ± 0.01d	3.32 ± 0.14d
MP0.01	0.42 ± 0.04b	0.22 ± 0.04bc	0.52 ± 0.04bc	0.74 ± 0.01bcd	3.90 ± 0.16abcd
MP0.1	0.42 ± 0.02b	0.30 ± 0.02a	0.70 ± 0.01ab	0.73 ± 0.01bc	3.80 ± 0.19bcd
MP0.5	0.29 ± 0.02c	0.16 ± 0.02c	0.55 ± 0.06abc	0.75 ± 0.01abc	4.05 ± 0.22abc
MP1	0.27 ± 0.04c	0.17 ± 0.02c	0.64 ± 0.08abc	0.70 ± 0.03 cd	3.50 ± 0.30 cd
ML0.01	0.42 ± 0.02b	0.22 ± 0.04bc	0.52 ± 0.07bc	0.79 ± 0.02a	4.31 ± 0.28ab
ML0.1	0.30 ± 0.02bc	0.21 ± 0.02bc	0.70 ± 0.04ab	0.77 ± 0.00ab	4.27 ± 0.05ab
ML0.5	0.30 ± 0.05bc	0.19 ± 0.01c	0.65 ± 0.06abc	0.77 ± 0.01ab	4.46 ± 0.15a
ML1	0.27 ± 0.04c	0.18 ± 0.01c	0.73 ± 0.09a	0.77 ± 0.01ab	4.31 ± 0.15ab

MP0.01, MP0.1, MP0.5, MP1, representing 0.01, 0.1, 0.5, 1 mmol/L of methyl palmitate, ML0.01, ML0.1, 0.5 ML, ML1 representing 0.01, 0.1, 0.5, 1 mmol/L of methyl linolenate; data in the table are the mean ± SE, and different lowercase letters in same column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).