. 2020 Mar 27;8:e8475. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8475

Table 2. Comparative effects of different concentrations of salicylic acid on vegetative growth of sweet pepper under salinity stress (n = 3).

Values in column sharing same letter(s) do not differ at p = 0.05 according to LSD test.

SA rate(mM)	Branches plant⁻¹	Leaves plant⁻¹	Leaf area (cm²leaf⁻¹)	Flowersplant⁻¹	Fruitsplant⁻¹
0	7.5 ± 0.15^d	100 ± 2.0^d	24.0 ± 0.48^d	31.3 ± 0.62^d	10.4 ± 0.21^d
0.05	7.8 ± 0.15^cd	104 ± 2.0^cd	25.1 ± 0.50^cd	32.7 ± 0.65^cd	10.8 ± 0.22^cd
0.1	8.2 ± 0.16^bc	110 ± 2.2^bc	26.4 ± 0.52^bc	34.3 ± 0.68^bc	11.4 ± 0.23^bc
0.2	8.4 ± 0.17^ab	112 ± 2.2^ab	26.9 ± 0.54^ab	35.2 ± 0.70^ab	11.7 ± 0.23^ab
0.3	8.9 ± 0.18^a	119 ± 2.4^a	28.7 ± 0.57^a	37.4 ± 0.74^a	12.4 ± 0.25^a
0.4	8.1 ± 0.16^bc	108 ± 2.4^bc	25.9 ± 0.52^bc	33.7 ± 0.67^bc	11.2 ± 0.22^bc
0.5	6.2 ± 0.12^e	84 ± 1.7^e	20.1 ± 0.40^e	26.1 ± 0.52^e	8.6 ± 0.17^e
0.6	5.7 ± 0.12^e	76 ± 1.5^e	18.4 ± 0.37^e	24.0 ± 0.48^e	7.9 ± 0.16^e