Table 3.

Means of leaves total phenolic (% of DW), total chlorophylls (mg g⁻¹ DW), total carbohydrates (% of DW), and proline contents (mg g⁻¹ of DW) in two successive seasons (2016 and 2017) following salinity (ppm) and salicylic acid (ppm) treatments.

Salinity (ppm)	Salicylic acid (ppm)	Total phenolic composition (% of DW)		Total chlorophylls content (mg g−1 DW)		Total carbohydrates contents (% of DW)		Proline content of leaves (mg g−1 DW)
		2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017
640	0	0.11 ± 0.01e	0.10 ± 0.01e	0.81 ± 0.03c	0.82 ± 0.03c	18.08 ± 0.2c	18.36 ± 0.3c	1.71 ± 0.02f	1.74 ± 0.05f
	100	0.12 ± 0.01d	0.12 ± 0.00d	0.84 ± 0.01b	0.84 ± 0.02b	18.87 ± 0.3c	18.90 ± 0.5c	1.71 ± 0.04f	1.74 ± 0.04f
	200	0.14 ± 0.00cd	0.13 ± 0.01cd	0.95 ± 0.015a	0.95 ± 0.03a	20.78 ± 0.6a	21.03 ± 0.3a	1.75 ± 0.08f	1.79 ± 0.02ef
	300	0.15 ± 0.01c	0.14 ± 0.00c	0.92 ± 0.03a	0.92 ± 0.03a	20.31 ± 0.5a	20.73 ± 0.6a	1.87 ± 0.01e	1.88 ± 0.03e
2,000	0	0.15 ± 0.01c	0.15 ± 0.01c	0.79 ± 0.03cd	0.80 ± 0.04d	17.68 ± 0.7e	17.97 ± 0.7e	2.10 ± 0.05d	2.18 ± 0.03c
	100	0.17 ± 0.02b	0.11 ± 0.01d	0.83 ± 0.02c	0.84 ± 0.03c	18.44 ± 0.8c	18.74 ± 0.2c	2.11 ± 0.07d	2.17 ± 0.00c
	200	0.17 ± 0.01b	0.14 ± 0.01cd	0.91 ± 0.04a	0.91 ± 0.05a	19.83 ± 0.3b	19.33 ± 0.6b	2.16 ± 0.05cd	2.22 ± 0.01bc
	300	0.18 ± 0.02b	0.18 ± 0.02b	0.89 ± 0.03b	0.89 ± 0.02b	19.22 ± 0.1bc	20.02 ± 0.8bc	2.24 ± 0.04c	2.28 ± 0.08b
4,000	0	0.16 ± 0.01c	0.16 ± 0.01c	0.76 ± 0.04d	0.78 ± 0.0d	16.99 ± 0.3e	17.39 ± 0.1e	2.36 ± 0.03b	2.35 ± 0.05b
	100	0.19 ± 0.02b	0.18 ± 0.01b	0.83 ± 0.05c	0.84 ± 0.03c	18.32 ± 0.2c	18.73 ± 0.5c	2.37 ± 0.05b	2.36 ± 0.05b
	200	0.18 ± 0.00b	0.19 ± 0.00b	0.87 ± 0.02b	0.87 ± 0.02b	19.52 ± 0.5b	19.55 ± 0.7b	2.40 ± 0.06a	2.39 ± 0.04a
	300	0.25 ± 0.02a	0.24 ± 0.02a	0.84 ± 0.01b	0.85 ± 0.05b	18.66 ± 0.3c	19.06 ± 0.8c	2.50 ± 0.05a	2.49 ± 0.03a

Means with different letters within the same column have significant difference at P ≤ 0.05.