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

Table 3. Impacts of salicylic acid on ethylene evolution, leaf SA contents and electrolyte leakage in sweet pepper at 312 h after incubation under salinity stress (n = 3).

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

SA rate(mM)	Ethylene evolution (mg plate⁻¹)	Leaf SA contents (mg g⁻¹FW)	Electrolyte leakage(El)(%)
0	3.19 ± 0.01^a	0.12 ± 0.003^f	39.9 ± 0.82^a
0.05	3.12 ± 0.01^a	0.14 ± 0.003^e	35.2 ± 1.66^b
0.1	2.89 ± 0.03^b	0.16 ± 0.003^d	25.9 ± 0.82^c
0.2	2.70 ± 0.03^c	0.18 ± 0.006^c	20.8 ± 0.47^d
0.3	2.67 ± 0.04^c	0.18 ± 0.002^c	21.3 ± 0.98^d
0.4	2.61 ± 0.02^c	0.21 ± 0.006^b	22.4 ± 0.82^d
0.5	2.49 ± 0.03^d	0.20 ± 0.004^b	38.7 ± 0.47^a
0.6	2.23 ± 0.03^e	0.23 ± 0.003^a	40.4 ± 2.23^a