TABLE 3.
Maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm), stomatal conductance (gs), and transpiration rate (E) in AMF-inoculated plants (GE; Glomus etunicatum, GG; G. geosporum, and GM; G. mosseae) of rice cv. “Leum Pua” (LP) at booting stage subsequently exposed to salt stress conditions for 14 days.
| Treatment | NaCl (mM) | Fv/Fm | gs (mmol H2O m–2 s–1) | E (mmol H2O m–2 s–1) |
| Pok | 0 | 0.865a | 0.42a | 4.28ab |
| 150 | 0.793ab | 0.32ab | 3.60b | |
| LP | 0 | 0.839ab | 0.29b | 3.98ab |
| 150 | 0.629c | 0.20c | 2.83c | |
| LP + GE | 0 | 0.858a | 0.40ab | 4.98a |
| 150 | 0.818ab | 0.32ab | 4.13ab | |
| LP + GG | 0 | 0.842ab | 0.39ab | 4.77a |
| 150 | 0.812ab | 0.32ab | 4.09ab | |
| LP + GM | 0 | 0.844ab | 0.35ab | 5.01a |
| 150 | 0.818ab | 0.31ab | 4.20ab | |
| 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.