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. 2020 Mar 30;20:130. doi: 10.1186/s12870-020-2325-6

Table 2.

Physiological parameters in young and old fronds of P. cretica var. Albo-lineata

Parameters Young fronds Old fronds
control As100 control As100 As250
x̄ ± SD x̄ ± SD x̄ ± SD x̄ ± SD x̄ ± SD
Chl A (nmol ml−1) 11 ± 0.2bB 10 ± 0.5aB 2.6 ± 0.6bA 1.5 ± 0.4abA 1.0 ± 0.5a
Chl B (nmol ml− 1) 4.8 ± 1.0bB 2.8 ± 0.2aB 2.6 ± 0.7bA 1.9 ± 0.4abA 0.6 ± 0.2a
Chl A/Chl B (−) 2.4 ± 0.4aB 3.6 ± 0.03bB 1.1 ± 0.7aA 0.9 ± 0.5aA 1.4 ± 0.4a
Σ Chl (nmol ml− 1) 16 ± 1.0bB 13 ± 0.7aB 5.2 ± 0.1bA 3.4 ± 0.3abA 1.6 ± 0.7a
Crt (nmol ml− 1) 2.4 ± 0.1aB 2.3 ± 0.3aB 0.5 ± 0.2aA 0.3 ± 0.1aA 0.3 ± 0.04a
Fv/Fm (µmol m-2 s-1) 0.8 ± 0.02bB 0.7 ± 0.03aB 0.7 ± 0.02bA 0.6 ± 0.07aA 0.5 ± 0.1a
WP (MPa) −1.4 ± 0.09aB −1.9 ± 0.03bB −1.7 ± 0.04aA −3.7 ± 0.03bA −2.5 ± 0.4ab
E(mmol H2O m−2 s−1) 0.7 ± 0.2aA 0.9 ± 0.2bA 0.8 ± 0.1bA 0.7 ± 0.1aA 0.3 ± 0.04a
PN (μmol CO2 m− 2 s− 1) 8.1 ± 0.1bB 7.7 ± 0.04aB 7.7 ± 0.04bA 7.2 ± 0.03abA 6.7 ± 0.1a
WUE (−) 12 ± 2.7bA 8.6 ± 1.3aA 9.7 ± 1.2aA 9.4 ± 0.6aA 24.4 ± 1.6b