. 2020 Jan 22;10:912. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-57794-1

Table 1.

Effect of different concentrations of TiO₂ NPs on key agronomic parameters of D. moldavica L. plants under salinity stress.

Salt stress × TiO₂ (interaction effect)		Plant height (cm)	Shoot FW (g)	Shoot DW (g)	Leaf number	Leaf FW (g)	Leaf DW (g)
Traits
0 mM NaCl	0 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	44.33^b	15.44^c	4.72^b	84.00^c	4.21^c	2.39^c
	50 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	45.00^b	16.24^b	5.10^a	95.33^b	4.72^b	2.81^b
	100 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	62.33^a	17.49^a	4.69^b	101.33^a	5.34^a	3.15^a
	200 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	40.00^de	14.53^d	3.83^c	71.33^d	3.70^d	2.33^c
50 mM NaCl	0 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	33.66^hi	8.10^h	2.11^f	44.33^g	2.26^f	0.69^h–g
	50 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	36.66^gf	8.87^g	2.43^e	42.00^g	3.57^d	1.55^d
	100 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	43.00^bc	10.48^e	2.75^d	57.33^e	3.74^d	1.58^d
	200 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	41.66^cd	9.66^ef	2.66^d	51.66^f	3.11^e	0.58^hg
100 mM NaCl	0 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	30.00^j	7.82^h	0.63ⁱ	37.33^h	2.27^f	0.54^h
	50 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	32.00^ji	7.65^h	1.07^h	40.66^gh	1.88^g	0.72^fg
	100 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	35.00^gh	8.89^g	1.95^g	41.00^gh	3.19^e	0.76^f
	200 mg L⁻¹ TiO₂	38.66^ef	9.74^f	2.17^f	44.00^g	3.63^d	1.06^e

^*Different letters indicate significant differences at 5% level of confidence according to Duncan’s test.