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

Table 3.

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

Salinity stress (mM)	Silicate potassium	Total Phenol content (mg gallic acid /gDW)	Total Flavonoid content (mg QE/g DW)	Total anthocyanin content	Inulin (%)
0	Control	46.55^j ± 1.31	25.65^j ± 0.87	16.01^g ± 0.57	39.73^h ± 1.42
	1	49.80ⁱ ± 1.43	27.41^gh ± 0.93	16.93^f ± 0.61	40.77^g ± 1.45
	2	50.88^h ± 1.47	27.85^g ± 0.95	17.45^e ± 0.62	40.87^g ± 1.46
	3	53.34^ef ± 1.42	28.95^f ± 0.90	18.02^c ± 0.59	41.92^f ± 1.37
80	Control	51.99^g ± 1.13	26.51ⁱ ± 0.67	17.63^de ± 0.47	39.31^h ± 1.05
	1	56.92^d ± 1.26	30.18^e ± 0.77	18.62^b ± 0.50	46.41^e ± 1.24
	2	59.45^b ± 1.17	31.83^c ± 0.72	18.57^b ± 0.44	51.64^c ± 1.22
	3	64.42^a ± 1.29	32.88^b ± 0.74	19.26^a ± 0.45	52.30^bc ± 1.23
160	Control	52.54^fg ± 1.26	27.30^gh ± 0.77	16.79^f ± 0.50	36.56ⁱ ± 1.09
	1	58.02^c ± 1.43	31.23^d ± 0.89	17.87^cd ± 0.53	48.99^d ± 1.45
	2	59.53^b ± 1.78	31.60^cd ± 1.08	18.38^b ± 0.66	53.01^b ± 1.85
	3	64.94^a ± 1.97	33.54^a ± 1.15	18.45^b ± 0.62	56.69^a ± 2.02
240	Control	38.05^k ± 1.27	16.90^k ± 0.7	14.56^h ± 0.65	17.01^l ± 0.77
	1	51.93^g ± 1.89	26.98^hi ± 1.15	16.90^f ± 0.76	30.94^k ± 1.39
	2	52.46^fg ± 1.92	27.24^h ± 1.16	17.39^e ± 0.74	31.91^j ± 1.43
	3	54.06^e ± 1.99	27.37^gh ± 1.17	17.41^e ± 0.75	32.09^j ± 1.44

^{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)