. 2013 May 21;18(5):5965–5979. doi: 10.3390/molecules18055965

Table 1.

Effect of foliar SA application (10⁻³ and 10⁻⁵ M) on plant height, leaf area and dry weight of ginger parts.

Variety	SA(M)	Plant height	Leaf area	Leaf dry weight	Shoot dry weight	Root dry weight	Rhizome dry weight	Total dry weight
H.Bentong	Control	56.66 ± 6.75 ^a	506.6 ± 15.6 ^c	1.79 ± 0.53 ^b	1.86 ± 0.67 ^a	0.214 ± 0.05 ^a	3.42 ± 0.66 ^a	7.28 ± 1.51 ^ab
	10⁻⁵	53.26 ± 5.51 ^a	603.6 ± 16.14 ^abc	2.31 ± 0.21 ^b	2.1 ± 0.49 ^a	0.24 ± 0.06 ^a	4.03 ± 1.06 ^a	8.68 ± 0.71 ^a
	10⁻³	55.43 ± 4.55 ^a	541.3 ± 62.02 ^c	2.55 ± 0.65 ^b	1.98 ± 0.21 ^a	0.227 ± 0.035 ^a	3.56 ± 0.78 ^a	8.31 ± 1.09 ^a
H.Bara	Control	49.24 ± 0.9 ^a	592.4 ± 16.1 ^bc	2.64 ± 0.29 ^b	1.74 ± 0.49 ^a	0.252 ± 0.068 ^a	0.74 ± 0.11 ^b	5.37 ± 0.68 ^b
	10⁻⁵	48.5 ± 3.12 ^a	719.2 ± 91.5 ^a	3.72 ± 0.93 ^a	2.21 ± 0.37 ^a	0.281 ± 0.03 ^a	0.99 ± 0.37 ^b	7.2 ± 1.73 ^ab
	10⁻³	48.36 ± 8.4 ^a	673.9 ± 32.9 ^ab	3.67 ± 0.70 ^a	2.13 ± 0.23 ^a	0.263 ± 0.06 ^a	0.95 ± 0.25 ^b	7.01 ± 1.17 ^ab

Data are means of triplicate measurements ± standard deviation. Means not sharing a common single letter were significantly different at P ≤ 0.05. Plant height is expressed in cm, leaf area in cm² per plant, and dry weight in g per plant.