Table 6.

Mean square values from analyses of variance of the data for growth and biochemical attributes of wheat plants treated with fullerol foliar spray

Source of variation	df	Shoot length	Shoot FW	Shoot DW	Root length
Salt stress (SS)	1	383.3***	37.8***	3.497***	258.7***
Fullerol spray (FS)	4	43.9***	1.38***	0.073***	15.1***
SS × FS	4	11.6***	0.158NS	0.0004NS	12***
Error	30	1.39	0.082	0.005	1.89

Source of variation	df	Root FW	Root DW	Chl a	Chl b
Salt stress (SS)	1	35.4***	1.023***	102,093.6***	8613.6***
Fullerol spray (FS)	4	0.483***	0.065***	10,455.7***	3019.1***
SS × FS	4	0.096NS	0.002NS	449.8NS	467.5**
Error	30	0.041	0.004	658.2	108.3

Source of variation	df	Chl (a + b)	Car	Chl a/b ratio	Car/Chl ratio
Salt stress (SS)	1	170,016.3***	1489.0***	0.083NS	0.0033***
Fullerol spray (FS)	4	11,131.1***	1363.4***	9.84***	0.0019***
SS × FS	4	999.5NS	448.8**	2.10***	0.00075**
Error	30	772.3	78.9	0.288	0.00013

Source of variation	df	SOD	CAT	POD	APX
Salt stress (SS)	1	1.834***	0.903***	23.8***	0.189***
Fullerol spray (FS)	4	0.025NS	0.091**	1.90*	0.046**
SS × FS	4	0.047*	0.312***	2.95**	0.217***
Error	30	0.011	0.018	0.602	0.010

Source of variation	df	MDA	H2O2	Ascorbic acid	Amino acid
Salt stress (SS)	1	126.2***	4.51***	0.0951***	5879***
Fullerol spray (FS)	4	10.5**	0.080*	0.219***	372.1*
SS × FS	4	19.9***	0.212***	0.444***	1208.8***
Error	30	2.47	0.021	0.013	94.7

Source of variation	df	Phenolics	Sugars	Flavonoids	Proline
Salt stress (SS)	1	6.47**	916.7*	47.7*	9583.3***
Fullerol spray (FS)	4	4.77***	1868.6***	79.2***	243.7*
SS × FS	4	1.93*	3727.3***	37.2**	289.8*
Error	30	0.499	193.1	8.24	79.9

ns non-significant

*,**,***Significant at 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001 levels, respectively