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

Table 2.

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

Salinity stress (mM)	Silicate potassium	Chl a (mg/g)	Chl b (mg/g)	Total Chl (mg/g)	Carotenoid (mg/g)	MDA content (nmol/g)
0	Control	0.39^g ± 0.02	0.34^d ± 0.02	0.72^e ± 0.04	0.20^cde ± 0.1	0.14ⁱ ± 0.02
	1	0.44^de ± 0.03	0.40^c ± 0.02	0.84^c ± 0.04	0.24^abc ± 0.07	0.11ⁱ ± 0.04
	2	0.51^c ± 0.03	0.46^b ± 0.03	0.96^b ± 0.05	0.24^abc ± 0.06	0.08ⁱ ± 0.02
	3	0.61^a ± 0.02	0.56^a ± 0.03	1.16^a ± 0.06	0.24^abc ± 0.06	0.07ⁱ ± 0.03
80	Control	0.23^j ± 0.01	0.24^e ± 0.01	0.48^g ± 0.03	0.23^bcd ± 0.11	0.74^d ± 0.05
	1	0.42^f ± 0.02	0.40^c ± 0.03	0.82^cd ± 0.05	0.24^abc ± 0.07	0.36^gh ± 0.01
	2	0.45^d ± 0.02	0.41^c ± 0.03	0.85^c ± 0.05	0.24^abc ± 0.06	0.30^h ± 0.02
	3	0.59^b ± 0.03	0.55^a ± 0.03	1.14^a ± 0.06	0.23^bcd ± 0.07	0.18ⁱ ± 0.04
160	Control	0.17^l ± 0.01	0.06^f ± 0.01	0.23ⁱ ± 0.01	0.14^fg ± 0.06	1.48^b ± 0.09
	1	0.19^k ± 0.01	0.24^e ± 0.02	0.43^h ± 0.03	0.29^a ± 0.07	0.62^e ± 0.07
	2	0.31ⁱ ± 0.02	0.22^e ± 0.02	0.53^f ± 0.03	0.22^bcd ± 0.06	0.53^ef ± 0.07
	3	0.37^h ± 0.03	0.41^c ± 0.03	0.78^d ± 0.05	0.26^ab ± 0.09	0.46^fg ± 0.07
240	Control	0.13^m ± 0.01	0.03^g ± 0.01	0.16^j ± 0.01	0.12^g ± 0.05	2.27^a ± 0.1
	1	0.22^j ± 0.02	0.24^e ± 0.01	0.47^gh ± 0.02	0.27^ab ± 0.08	0.94^c ± 0.04
	2	0.43^ef ± 0.03	0.25^e ± 0.02	0.68^e ± 0.03	0.18^def ± 0.06	0.77^d ± 0.07
	3	0.59^b ± 0.03	0.25^e ± 0.02	0.84^c ± 0.03	0.15^efg ± 0.05	0.62^e ± 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)