Table 3. Effects of hormone treatments on the surface area and water content of the fourth leaf of B. napus.
| Cultivar | Treatments | Leaf area (cm2 per leaf) |
Leaf weight (g per leaf) |
Water content (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZS9 | Control | 48.33 ± 2.51a | 1.90 ± 0.28a | 89.50 ± 0.62a |
| SA | 40.82 ± 6.34b | 1.33 ± 0.17b | 89.56 ± 1.08a | |
| MeJA | 34.92 ± 9.17c | 1.49 ± 0.28b | 89.30 ± 0.62a | |
| ACC | 35.68 ± 3.50c | 1.35 ± 0.23b | 88.47 ± 1.13a | |
| YY19 | Control | 58.13 ± 8.01a | 1.79 ± 0.14a | 91.06 ± 0.99a |
| SA | 56.33 ± 4.32a | 1.74 ± 0.20a | 90.29 ± 0.98a | |
| MeJA | 53.81 ± 12.24a | 1.57 ± 0.36a | 91.73 ± 0.48a | |
| ACC | 58.48 ± 10.26a | 1.66 ± 0.19a | 91.04 ± 0.75a |
Notes.
The data represent the average plus/minus standard deviation. Different lower-case letters followed after values within each cultivar represent significance according to least significant difference test (P < 0.05).