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. 2020 Mar 4;9(3):322. doi: 10.3390/plants9030322

Table 1.

Significance and size effect of boron and salinity and their interaction on the different physiological and biochemical variables in leaves of Zea mays L. amylacea after 20 days of treatment with NaCl (0 mM; 100 mM; 430 mM) and H3BO3 (B0, control; B20, 20 mg kg−1; B40, 40 mg kg−1). * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001, *** p < 0.001.

Leaves DW Stem DW Root DW Ammonium Nitrate Protein Total AA Asp+Asn Ser
sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2
Boron ns 0.084 * 0.38 ns 0.13 * 0.237 ** 0.504 *** 0.419 *** 0.521 *** 0.374 *** 0.563
Salinity *** 0.801 *** 0.858 *** 0.644 ns 0.018 *** 0.835 *** 0.258 *** 0.79 ** 0.733 *** 0.752
Boron * Salinity ns 0.258 * 0.495 ns 0.191 ns 0.227 *** 0.658 *** 0.56 *** 0.629 *** 0.393 *** 0.737
Gly Ala Pro Glu+Gln NR real NR max GS activity GS2 GS1
sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2 sig partial η2
Boron *** 0.651 ** 0.34 *** 0.535 ns 0.084 ns 0.032 ns 0.017 ns 0.032 *** 0.977 *** 0.99
Salinity *** 0.664 *** 0.892 *** 0.772 *** 0.679 *** 0.485 * 0.173 ** 0.288 *** 0.988 *** 0.988
Boron * Salinity *** 0.803 *** 0.665 *** 0.637 ns 0.315 ns 0.099 ns 0.044 ns 0.166 *** 0.974 *** 0.995