. 2024 Apr 16;24:288. doi: 10.1186/s12870-024-05015-6

Table 1.

Effect of different salinity stress with foliar silicate potassium application on some studied traits of Cichorium intybus L. plants

Salinity stress (mM)	Silicate potassium	Shoot Dry Weight (g)	Root Dry weight (g)	Root-to-shoot ratio	Fv/Fm	Na⁺ content (mg/g DW)	K⁺ content (mg/g DW)	K/Na
0	Control	10.97^c ± 0.54	2.85^d ± 0.16	25.95^h ± 0.28	0.77^a ± 0.01	0.15^j ± 0.01	16.62^cde ± 0.95	113.81^d ± 1.02
	0.7	11.17^c ± 0.61	2.90^d ± 0.17	25.93^h ± 0.12	0.78^a ± 0.02	0.14^j ± 0.02	16.86^bc ± 0.92	119.72^c ± 1.27
	1.4	12.08^b ± 0.66	3.26^b ± 0.18	27.02^g ± 0.19	0.79^a ± 0.01	0.14^j ± 0.01	17.38^ab ± 0.94	123.44^b ± 1.32
	2.1	15.18^a ± 0.83	3.42^a ± 0.19	22.52^j ± 0.21	0.79^a ± 0.01	0.13^j ± 0.01	17.68^a ± 0.96	134.49^a ± 1.43
80	Control	6.70^g ± 0.38	2.34^g ± 0.14	34.93^b ± 0.13	0.69^c ± 0.02	0.92^h ± 0.05	12.76^j ± 0.77	13.84^h ± 0.54
	0.7	9.38^d ± 0.54	2.54^f ± 0.15	27.06^g ± 0.10	0.74^b ± 0.02	0.92^h ± 0.04	14.61^hi ± 0.89	15.92^g ± 0.29
	1.4	10.52^c ± 0.60	2.59^ef ± 0.16	24.64ⁱ ± 0.19	0.74^b ± 0.01	0.81ⁱ ± 0.04	15.96^ef ± 0.97	19.60^f ± 0.36
	2.1	12.21^b ± 0.70	3.04^c ± 0.17	24.89ⁱ ± 0.14	0.74^b ± 0.01	0.75ⁱ ± 0.03	16.68^cd ± 0.96	22.26^e ± 0.48
160	Control	4.48^h ± 0.26	1.57^k ± 0.1	34.96^b ± 0.13	0.59^e ± 0.01	1.67^b ± 0.1	10.81^k ± 0.66	6.49^k ± 0.1
	0.7	6.58^g ± 0.38	2.11^h ± 0.13	31.99^d ± 0.12	0.69^c ± 0.02	1.31^d ± 0.08	14.41ⁱ ± 0.88	10.97ⁱ ± 0.31
	1.4	7.36^ef ± 0.43	2.40^g ± 0.15	32.64^c ± 0.15	0.70^c ± 0.03	1.11^f ± 0.07	15.33^fg ± 0.94	13.85^h ± 0.28
	2.1	7.73^e ± 0.45	2.68^e ± 0.17	34.68^b ± 0.23	0.71^c ± 0.01	1.01^g ± 0.06	16.10^de ± 0.99	15.97^j ± 0.31
240	Control	2.44ⁱ ± 0.08	0.76ⁱ ± 0.03	30.98^e ± 0.33	0.52^f ± 0.01	1.95^a ± 0.09	8.28^l ± 0.36	4.24^l ± 0.07
	0.7	4.94^h ± 0.16	1.79^j ± 0.7	36.11^a ± 0.39	0.60^de ± 0.01	1.59^c ± 0.07	13.30^j ± 0.49	8.36^j ± 0.08
	1.4	6.78^fg ± 0.22	1.92ⁱ ± 0.08	28.35^f ± 0.31	0.61^de ± 0.02	1.30^d ± 0.06	14.03ⁱ ± 0.52	10.76ⁱ ± 0.09
	2.1	6.62^g ± 0.21	2.04^hi ± 0.09	30.85^e ± 0.33	0.62^d ± 0.01	1.19^e ± 0.05	15.25^gh ± 0.56	12.79^h ± 0.08

^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}Means followed by the same letter(s) in each column are not significantly different based on Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (n = 3)