Table 4.

Response index of different concentrations of MP and ML treatments on A. philoxeroides.

Treatment	Stem length	Root length	Node number	Leaf number	Leaf area	Shoot dry weight	Root dry weight	Root–shoot ratio	Plant water content	Degree of succulence	SE
MP0.01	− 0.28 ± 0.05a	− 0.11 ± 0.05ab	− 0.04 ± 0.06ab	− 0.15 ± 0.03ab	− 0.45 ± 0.05ab	− 0.22 ± 0.07a	− 0.19 ± 0.07b	0.03 ± 0.1a	0.06 ± 0.02ab	0.14 ± 0.06ab	− 0.12
MP0.1	− 0.24 ± 0.04a	− 0.07 ± 0.1ab	0.02 ± 0.08a	− 0.04 ± 0.11a	− 0.43 ± 0.03a	− 0.2 ± 0.06a	0.09 ± 0.05a	0.28 ± 0.05a	0.05 ± 0.03ab	0.11 ± 0.07ab	− 0.04
MP0.5	− 0.38 ± 0.03ab	− 0.05 ± 0.1a	− 0.1 ± 0.06abc	− 0.23 ± 0.08ab	− 0.61 ± 0.06abc	− 0.45 ± 0.07a	− 0.42 ± 0.04b	0.06 ± 0.11a	0.07 ± 0.03ab	0.17 ± 0.06ab	− 0.19
MP1	− 0.36 ± 0.02ab	− 0.34 ± 0.1bc	− 0.22 ± 0.08bc	− 0.34 ± 0.07b	− 0.78 ± 0.06c	− 0.46 ± 0.1a	− 0.32 ± 0.13b	0.18 ± 0.08a	0.01 ± 0.03b	0.04 ± 0.06b	− 0.26
ML0.01	− 0.25 ± 0.05a	− 0.13 ± 0.03ab	− 0.05 ± 0.05abc	− 0.09 ± 0.08a	− 0.47 ± 0.08ab	− 0.19 ± 0.08a	− 0.19 ± 0.12b	0 ± 0.12a	0.12 ± 0.03a	0.31 ± 0.08a	− 0.10
ML0.1	− 0.56 ± 0.07c	− 0.35 ± 0.07bc	− 0.24 ± 0.04c	− 0.27 ± 0.06ab	− 0.65 ± 0.06bc	− 0.43 ± 0.05a	− 0.21 ± 0.02b	0.28 ± 0.06a	0.09 ± 0.02ab	0.22 ± 0.03ab	− 0.21
ML0.5	− 0.38 ± 0.07ab	0.27 ± 0.08abc	0.16 ± 0.06abc	− 0.22 ± 0.09ab	− 0.58 ± 0.12abc	− 0.41 ± 0.13a	− 0.29 ± 0.07b	0.19 ± 0.1a	0.1 ± 0.02a	0.25 ± 0.04a	− 0.18
ML1	− 0.45 ± 0.06bc	− 0.45 ± 0.12c	− 0.21 ± 0.04bc	− 0.38 ± 0.07b	− 0.74 ± 0.07abc	− 0.44 ± 0.16a	− 0.31 ± 0.08b	0.25 ± 0.13a	0.09 ± 0.02ab	0.22 ± 0.05ab	− 0.24
Mean	− 0.36	− 0.22	− 0.13	− 0.22	− 0.59	− 0.35	− 0.23	0.16	0.07	0.18

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).