. 2024 Nov 6;13(22):3540. doi: 10.3390/foods13223540

Table 2.

Effect of water deficit on tomato growth index.

Treatments	Plant Height (cm)			Stem Diameter (mm)			Leaf Area (cm²)			Number of Leaves
Treatments	10 D	20 D	30 D	10 D	20 D	30 D	10 D	20 D	30 D	10 D	20 D	30 D
CK	9.83 ± 0.30 ^a	10.06 ± 0.33 ^a	10.28 ± 0.33 ^a	5.15 ± 0.12 ^a	5.3 ± 0.12 ^a	5.64 ± 0.11 ^a	194.94 ± 2.90 ^a	213.10 ± 6.96 ^a	232.36 ± 3.17 ^a	9.53 ± 0.36 ^a	9.6 ± 0.35 ^a	10.13 ± 0.32 ^a
T1	9.57 ± 0.26 ^ab	9.74 ± 0.28 ^ab	9.9 ± 0.28 ^ab	5.02 ± 0.09 ^ab	5.21 ± 0.08 ^ab	5.34 ± 0.08 ^b	189.44 ± 5.34 ^a	197.69 ± 9.97 ^a	224.73 ± 4.66 ^ab	9.47 ± 0.26 ^a	9.53 ± 0.27 ^a	10.06 ± 0.26 ^a
T2	9.37 ± 0.18 ^abc	9.52 ± 0.17 ^abc	9.68 ± 0.18 ^abc	4.94 ± 0.08 ^ab	5.04 ± 0.09 ^abc	5.12 ± 0.09 ^bc	178.90 ± 3.51 ^a	191.23 ± 4.38 ^a	201.39 ± 7.70 ^bc	8.93 ± 0.21 ^a	9.33 ± 0.33 ^ab	9.47 ± 0.24 ^ab
T3	8.89 ± 0.29 ^bc	9.08 ± 0.29 ^bc	9.23 ± 0.29 ^bc	4.76 ± 0.08 ^bc	4.95 ± 0.07 ^bc	5.09 ± 0.09 ^bc	175.32 ± 11.10 ^a	187.93 ± 8.89 ^ab	181.09 ± 2.93 ^c	8.87 ± 0.26 ^a	9.06 ± 0.18 ^ab	8.73 ± 0.37 ^bc
T4	8.8 ± 0.31 ^bc	9.02 ± 0.31 ^bc	9.15 ± 0.31 ^bc	4.73 ± 0.11 ^bc	4.88 ± 0.12 ^c	4.98 ± 0.12 ^c	168.97 ± 3.18 ^a	155.35 ± 9.12 ^bc	140.37 ± 9.12 ^d	8.87 ± 0.27 ^a	8.6 ± 0.21 ^ab	8.53 ± 0.22 ^bc
T5	8.63 ± 0.23 ^c	8.82 ± 0.212 ^c	8.94 ± 0.21 ^c	4.61 ± 0.11 ^c	4.77 ± 0.11 ^c	4.89 ± 0.12 ^c	133.39 ± 2.31 ^b	120.04 ± 2.40 ^d	120.65 ± 4.02 ^c	8.86 ± 0.25 ^a	8.2 ± 0.33 ^c	8.07 ± 0.30 ^c

CK: normal irrigation, spontaneously once in 3 days; T1: irrigating once in 4 days; T2: irrigating once in 5 days; T3: irrigating once in 6 days; T4: irrigating once in 7 days; T5: irrigating once in 8 days. D: days; d: significance of difference. Values for plant height, stem thickness, and number of leaves indicate mean ± SE (n = 15), and values for leaf area indicate mean ± SE (n = 3). The significance level is p < 0.05. Different lowercase letters represent the degree of difference between various treatments applied to the same fruit.