Table II.
Chlorophyll a and b content and chlorophyll a/b ratio of control, salt-stressed, rewatered, and rewatered-plus-bag (C, SS, R, RB, respectively) spinach leaves at the 22-, 43-, and 50-d samplings
| Days | Chlorophyll a and
b
|
Chlorophyll a/b
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | SS | R | RB | C | SS | R | RB | |
| gm−2 | ||||||||
| 22 | 0.41a | 0.39a | 0.37a | 0.42a | 3.57a | 4.08a | 3.77a | 3.69a |
| 43 | 0.39a | 0.13b | 0.35a | 0.15b | 4.38a | 7.29b | 5.36ab | 6.76b |
| 50 | 0.33a | 0.15b | 0.28a | 0.22ab | 3.31a | 5.58b | 3.39a | 3.85ab |
Measurements were taken on four different leaves from different plants for each treatment. Means and mean separation between rows (Tukey’s test, 5% level of confidence) are reported.