. 2019 Dec 26;9(1):42. doi: 10.3390/plants9010042

Table 2.

Effect of HBL, AMF, and their combined application on the chlorophyll contents and root activity of cucumber cultivars grown under saline condition.

Treatments		Chlorophyll a (mg g⁻¹ FW)	Chlorophyll b (mg g⁻¹ FW)	Chlorophyll a + b (mg g⁻¹ FW)	Root Activity (mg g⁻¹ h⁻¹)
Jinyou 1# (salt sensitive)
CK	0 mM	16.5 ± 0.2 bc	4.3 ± 0.2 a	20.9 ± 0.2 c	21.8 ± 0.5 a
	100 mM	12.3 ± 0.1 e	2.3 ± 0.1 d	14.7 ± 0.1 f	10.8 ± 0.1 d
HBL	0 mM	17.1 ± 0.1 ab	4.4 ± 0.1 a	21.6 ± 0.1 ab	22.0 ± 0.8 a
	100 mM	15.1 ± 0.2 d	3.4 ± 0.1 bc	18.6 ± 0.3 e	13.1 ± 0.2 c
AMF	0 mM	16.6 ± 0.1 bc	4.4 ± 0.1 a	21.0 ± 0.2 bc	22.6 ± 0.2 a
	100 mM	15.2 ± 0.3 d	3.1 ± 0.1 c	18.4 ± 0.3 e	14.0 ± 0.5 bc
HBL + AMF	0 mM	17.4 ± 0.2 a	4.5 ± 0.1 a	22.0 ± 0.1 a	23.5 ± 0.3 a
	100 mM	15.7 ± 0.1 cd	3.5 ± 0.1 b	19.3 ± 0.1 d	15.2 ± 0.4 b
CCMC (salt tolerant)
CK	0 mM	17.3 ± 0.1 a	4.9 ± 0.4 a	22.3 ± 0.5 a	25.5 ± 1.3 a
	100 mM	12.4 ± 0.3 c	2.8 ± 0.2 b	15.3 ± 0.1 c	13.0 ± 0.7 c
HBL	0 mM	17.4 ± 0.1 a	5.3 ± 0.2 a	22.8 ± 0.3 a	26.1 ± 1.3 a
	100 mM	14.7 ± 0.1 b	4.1 ± 0.5 ab	18.9 ± 0.6 b	18.2 ± 1.4 b
AMF	0 mM	17.4 ± 0.1 a	5.1 ± 0.3 a	22.5 ± 0.2 a	26.8 ± 1.1 a
	100 mM	14.9 ± 0.2 b	4.1 ± 0.5 ab	19.0 ± 0.5 b	19.1 ± 0.6 b
HBL + AMF	0 mM	17.5 ± 0.1 a	5.6 ± 0.2 a	23.1 ± 0.1 a	28.1 ± 0.4 a
	100 mM	15.2 ± 0.1 b	4.5 ± 0.2 ab	19.8 ± 0.3 b	21.1 ± 0.2 b

Data were collected for cucumber genotypes (Jinyou 1# and CCMC) 40 days (i.e., fruiting stage) after treatment with NaCl. Values presented for comparison are means of three replications in each treatment (±SE, standard error). Means followed by the same letters are not significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) according to the least significant difference (LSD) having three replications. FW, fresh weight.