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. 2014 Oct 23;9(10):e110855. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110855

Table 1. Effects of exogenous spermidine on tomato seedling fresh weight under salinity-alkalinity stress.

Treatment Shoot fresh weight (g) Root fresh weight (g) Stem fresh weight (g) Leaf freshweight (g) R/S fresh weight
CK 40.726±2.066a 6.743±0.276a 17.968±1.263a 22.759±0.946a 0.166±0.007a
CS 43.578±3.130a 7.400±0.650a 18.348±1.737a 25.231±1.543ab 0.170±0.007a
S 22.482±0.711b 3.718±0.338b 5.649±0.555b 16.834±1.232c 0.167±0.020a
SS 26.050±0.938b 3.911±0.272b 6.877±0.940b 19.172±0.906bc 0.150±0.008a

Note: Data were measured after salinity-alkalinity treatment for 4 days. Each value represents mean ± standard error of four independent experiments (n = 4). Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments (P<0.05).

Abbreviations: CK, 0 mM salinity-alkalinity plus 0 mM Spd; CS, 0 mM salinity-alkalinity plus 0.25 mM Spd; S, 75 mM salinity-alkalinity plus 0 mM Spd; SS, 75 mM salinity-alkalinity plus 0.25 mM Spd.