TABLE 2.
Chlorophyll a (Chla), chlorophyll b (Chlb), and total carotenoids (Cx+c) contents in “Leum Pua” (LP) plants inoculated with AMF (GE; Glomus etunicatum, GG; G. geosporum, and GM; G. mosseae) of rice cv. at booting stage, and subsequently exposed to salt stress conditions for 14 days.
| Treatment | NaCl (mM) | Chlorophyll a (μg g–1 FW) | Chlorophyll b (μg g–1 FW) | Total carotenoids (μg g–1 FW) |
| Pok | 0 | 63.49c | 52.88c | 7.46bc |
| 150 | 58.75c | 51.26c | 7.05bc | |
| LP | 0 | 233.70a | 118.72a | 12.60ab |
| 150 | 82.99c | 76.71bc | 6.24c | |
| LP + GE | 0 | 209.94ab | 133.76a | 16.66a |
| 150 | 98.88bc | 88.79abc | 13.39ab | |
| LP + GG | 0 | 214.61ab | 133.82a | 16.89a |
| 150 | 70.35c | 66.22c | 6.73c | |
| LP + GM | 0 | 217.01ab | 135.36a | 19.00a |
| 150 | 72.69c | 68.10c | 7.91bc | |
| Significant level | ** | ** | ** |
Pok: Pokkali, salt tolerant genotype, positive check. ** represents highly significant difference at p ≤ 0.01. Different letters in each column show significant difference at p ≤ 0.01 according to Tukey’s HSD.