Table 3.

Effect of salinity levels (0–25–50–100 mM NaCl) and foliar applications (no foliar, K, Zn, and Si) on lavender leaf stomatal conductivity (cm/s), chlorophylls (Chl a, Chl b, Total Chl) content (mg/g fresh weight) in plants grown hydroponically in perlite.

Salinity (NaCl)	Foliar applic.	Stomatal conductivity	Chl a	Chl b	Total Chl
0 mM	0	1.25 ± 0.44a Y	1.60 ± 0.10a	0.55 ±0.04a	2.15 ±0.14a
	+K	1.66 ± 0.42a	1.62 ± 0.07a	0.56 ± 0.02a	2.19 ± 0.09a
	+Zn	1.38 ± 0.56a	1.52 ± 0.07ab	0.53 ± 0.02a	2.06 ±0.10ab
	+Si	1.00 ± 0.45a	1.37 ± 0.13abc	0.48 ± 0.05ab	1.85 ±0.19abc
25 mM	0	1.21 ± 0.62a	1.31 ± 0.12abc	0.45 ± 0.05ab	1.77 ±0.17abc
	+K	1.71 ± 0.29a	1.15 ± 0.12cde	0.36 ± 0.04bcd	1.52 ±0.16cde
	+Zn	2.25 ± 0.40a	1.21 ± 0.09bcd	0.41 ± 0.03bc	1.61 ±0.12bcd
	+Si	2.11 ± 0.43a	0.95 ± 0.14def	0.32 ± 0.05cd	1.27 ±0.19def
50 mM	0	1.31 ± 0.58a	0.81 ± 0.12efg	0.25 ± 0.04def	1.07 ±0.17efgh
	+K	1.63 ± 0.51a	0.94 ± 0.10def	0.30 ± 0.03cde	1.24 ±0.13def
	+Zn	2.12 ± 0.61a	0.75 ± 0.09fgh	0.25 ± 0.03def	1.01 ±0.13fgh
	+Si	0.93 ± 0.45a	0.87 ± 0.17def	0.29 ± 0.05cde	1.16 ±0.23defg
100 mM	0	1.15 ± 0.23a	0.42 ± 0.05h	0.14 ± 0.01f	0.57 ± 0.06i
	+K	1.74 ± 0.70a	0.71 ± 0.10fgh	0.24 ± 0.03def	0.96 ±0.13fghi
	+Zn	0.87 ± 0.30a	0.52 ± 0.20gh	0.18 ± 0.02ef	0.71 ±0.10ghi
	+Si	1.77 ± 0.56a	0.45 ± 0.08h	0.15 ± 0.02f	0.60 ±0.10hi
SIGNIFICANCE
Salinity (S)		ns	***	***	***
Foliar (F)		ns	ns	ns	ns
S × F		ns	ns	ns	ns

^Yvalues (n = 6) in columns followed by the same letter are not significantly different, P < 0.05.

^{ns and ***}indicate non-significant or significant differences at P < 0.1%, respectively, following two-way ANOVA.