Table 4.
Effects of T. longibrachiatum T6 on the contents of chlorophyll, proline, soluble sugar, and protein in wheat seedlings under salt stress.
| Treatments | Chlorophyll a content (mg g-1) | Chlorophyll b content (mg g-1) | Total chlorophyll content (mg g-1) |
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| Effect on chlorophyll | |||
| Control | 1.44 ± 0.09 b | 0.48 ± 0.06 c | 1.92 ± 0.15 b |
| NaCl | 1.23 ± 0.13 c | 0.40 ± 0.11 c | 1.63 ± 0.11 c |
| T6 | 1.59 ± 0.12 a | 0.56 ± 0.08 a | 2.16 ± 0.20 a |
| T6-NaCl | 1.42 ± 0.16 b | 0.54 ± 0.10 b | 1.96 ± 0.21 b |
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| Treatments | Proline (μmol g-1 FW) | Soluble sugar (mg g-1) | Soluble protein (mg g-1) |
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| Effect on proline, soluble sugar, and protein | |||
| Control | 15.23 ± 0.29 c | 20.58 ± 0.42 c | 15.58 ± 0.41 b |
| NaCl | 20.40 ± 0.44 b | 17.44 ± 0.35 d | 12.74 ± 0.64 c |
| T6 | 22.17 ± 0.93 b | 24.54 ± 0.67 a | 18.56 ± 0.62 a |
| T6-NaCl | 27.63 ± 1.05 a | 22.85 ± 0.40 b | 17.25 ± 0.84 ab |
Data are mean ± standard error of replicates in a column followed by different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05 (n = 12), based on Duncan’s multiple range test using one-way ANOVA. The treatment names are detailed in the footnote of Table 2.