Table 1.
Salinity (NaCl) | Foliar applic. | Plant height | Leaf length | Stem thickness | Shoot number | Biomass FW | Biomass DM |
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0 mM | 0 | 40.83 ± 1.53aY | 6.12 ± 0.15ab | 5.49 ± 0.15ab | 4.33 ± 0.71abc | 27.63 ± 1.19a | 31.21 ± 0.51a |
+K | 36.50 ± 2.04bcd | 6.03 ± 0.09abcd | 5.40 ± 0.22ab | 4.67 ± 0.55ab | 20.20 ± 1.52bc | 32.94 ± 0.39a | |
+Zn | 39.00 ± 0.36ab | 6.08 ± 0.13abc | 5.81 ± 0.31a | 5.17 ± 0.65a | 20.84 ± 1.66bc | 33.21 ± 0.81a | |
+Si | 38.00 ± 1.29ab | 6.15 ± 0.08a | 5.47 ± 0.25ab | 3.67 ± 0.33abcd | 23.58 ± 1.53b | 31.98 ± 1.25a | |
25 mM | 0 | 37.33 ± 1.52abc | 5.72 ± 0.16cde | 5.37 ± 0.36ab | 4.17 ± 0.54abcd | 23.54 ± 2.07b | 25.38 ± 1.28bc |
+K | 33.00 ± 1.41de | 5.75 ± 0.18bcde | 5.38 ± 0.37ab | 3.83 ± 0.54abcd | 20.44 ± 1.50bc | 27.32 ± 0.41b | |
+Zn | 33.67 ± 1.28cde | 5.68 ± 0.11def | 4.82 ± 0.19bcd | 3.67 ± 0.71abcd | 19.71 ± 1.33bc | 27.39 ± 1.36b | |
+Si | 31.83 ± 1.53ef | 5.67 ± 0.18def | 5.14 ± 0.20abc | 4.67 ± 0.33ab | 20.32 ± 1.17bc | 27.50 ± 1.24b | |
50 mM | 0 | 27.67 ± 0.95g | 5.32 ± 0.09fgh | 4.31 ± 0.21de | 3.67 ± 0.42abcd | 18.37 ± 0.81cd | 24.80 ± 0.71bc |
+K | 28.83 ± 1.16fg | 5.40 ± 0.12efg | 4.55 ± 0.15cde | 3.50 ± 0.88abcd | 17.34 ± 1.23cd | 25.17 ± 0.98bc | |
+Zn | 27.00 ± 1.39g | 5.05 ± 0.11gh | 4.32 ± 0.27de | 2.67 ± 0.21cdef | 15.59 ± 1.31de | 25.31 ± 0.22bc | |
+Si | 26.50 ± 0.72g | 5.05 ± 0.05gh | 4.57 ± 0.19cde | 3.50 ± 0.42abcd | 19.69 ± 1.08bc | 23.67 ± 0.91cd | |
100 mM | 0 | 21.17 ± 1.08h | 5.13 ± 0.04gh | 3.93 ± 0.20e | 3.33 ± 0.21bcde | 13.03 ± 1.09ef | 22.71 ± 0.93cd |
+K | 19.58 ± 1.34h | 5.02 ± 0.19gh | 3.19 ± 0.21f | 1.50 ± 0.34f | 9.72 ± 0.87f | 21.25 ± 0.85d | |
+Zn | 21.17 ± 2.16h | 4.63 ± 0.06i | 2.98 ± 0.18f | 1.83 ± 0.40ef | 11.63 ± 0.87ef | 21.02 ± 0.87d | |
+Si | 19.92 ± 0.71h | 4.97 ± 0.06hi | 2.85 ± 0.10f | 2.50 ± 0.34ef | 11.68 ± 0.80ef | 22.61 ± 0.80cd | |
SIGNIFICANCE | |||||||
Salinity (S) | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
Foliar (F) | * | ns | ns | ns | *** | ns | |
S × F | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns | ns |
values (n = 6) in columns followed by the same letter are not significantly different, P < 0.05.
indicate non-significant or significant differences at P < 5, and 0.1%, respectively, following two-way ANOVA.