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Table 2.

Influence of fullerol foliar application on photosynthetic pigments of salinity stressed wheat seedlings (means; n = 4 ± SE)

Source of variation	Photosynthetic pigments
Source of variation	Chl a (µg/g FW)	Chl b (µg/g FW)	Chl (a + b) (µg/g FW)	Car (µg/g FW)	Chl a/b ratio	Car/Chl ratio
Control
Control	303.9^ab ± 10.3	110.0^ab ± 2.31	413.9^bc ± 10.9	79.9^b ± 3.95	2.76^c ± 0.1	0.19^e ± 0.006
10 nM PHF	346.7^a ± 16.7	129.6^a ± 9.28	476.4^a ± 14.8	82.5^ab ± 3.81	2.75^c ± 0.3	0.17^f ± 0.002
40 nM PHF	359.3^a ± 6.84	99.0^abc ± 3.66	458.3^a ± 10.3	79.8^b ± 5.81	3.63^b ± 0.07	0.17^f ± 0.010
80 nM PHF	360.1^a ± 11.0	84.2^abc ± 3.44	444.3^ab ± 12.3	84.6^ab ± 2.33	4.29^b ± 0.2	0.19^e ± 0.007
120 nM PHF	266.8^ab ± 17.9	106.5^ab ± 4.33	373.3 ^cd ± 17.1	49.4^c ± 5.50	2.53^c ± 0.23	0.13 ^g ± 0.009
150 mM NaCl
Control	195.3^b ± 5.64	74.3^abc ± 2.93	269.5^f ± 4.37	105.9^a ± 6.15	2.65^c ± 0.17	0.39^a ± 0.02
10 nM PHF	233.8^ab ± 12.2	115.6^ab ± 6.28	349.4^d ± 18.4	102.2^a ± 2.66	2.02^c ± 0.01	0.29^b ± 0.007
40 nM PHF	249.0^ab ± 17.4	48.2^c ± 4.52	297.3^ef ± 21.7	75.9^b ± 5.14	5.21^a ± 0.2	0.25^d ± 0.010
80 nM PHF	263.4^ab ± 16.2	68.9^bc ± 4.11	332.4^de ± 12.2	80.4^ab ± 4.79	3.92^b ± 0.4	0.24^d ± 0.011
120 nM PHF	190.1^b ± 4.35	75.5^abc ± 7.05	265.6^f ± 7.40	72.7^b ± 1.81	2.60^c ± 0.2	0.27^c ± 0.001

Means with different lowercase letter(s) within a column significantly at 5% probability level

Chl chlorophyll, Car carotenoids