. 2020 Apr 27;9(5):554. doi: 10.3390/plants9050554

Table 1.

Growth-related parameters of “Bianco Avorio” and “Spagnolo” genotypes of Cynara cardunculus var altilis under control (0 mM NaCl) and stress (100 mM NaCl) conditions at the end of the stress period (21 days).

Growth Parameters	NaCl mM	“Bianco Avorio”	“Spagnolo”
last leaf width mm	0	47.44 ± 6.61 ^a	42.45 ± 6.56 ^a
last leaf width mm	100	43.17 ± 4.16 ^a	46.49 ± 5.00 ^a
shoot FW g plant⁻¹	0	22.35 ± 6.74 ^a	22.28 ± 6.74 ^a
shoot FW g plant⁻¹	100	15.02 ± 4.41 ^b	15.00 ± 5.11 ^b
shoot DW g plant⁻¹	0	1.37 ± 0.47 ^a	1.27 ± 0.44 ^a
shoot DW g plant⁻¹	100	1.07 ± 0.32 ^a	1.15 ± 0.49 ^a
root FW g plant⁻¹	0	3.19 ± 1.52 ^b	3.52 ± 1.24 ^b
root FW g plant⁻¹	100	4.34 ± 1.26 ^ab	5.50 ± 1.82 ^a
root DW g plant⁻¹	0	0.26 ± 0.18 ^b	0.27 ± 0.15 ^b
root DW g plant⁻¹	100	0.39 ± 0.16 ^ab	0.46 ± 0.29 ^a
root length cm	0	22.2 ± 6.58 ^b	25.59 ± 7.86 ^b
root length cm	100	27.31 ± 8.36 ^ab	37.81±14.55 ^a
R:S	0	0.22 ± 0.19 ^b	0.23 ± 0.11 ^b
R:S	100	0.34 ± 0.13 ^a	0.39 ± 0.14 ^a
SRL cm g⁻¹	0	82.5 ± 33.3 ^a	86.5 ± 36.4 ^a
SRL cm g⁻¹	100	86.5 ± 41.1 ^a	97.5 ± 41.3 ^a

Values are expressed as mean of biological replicates (n = 8) ± SD. Values followed by different superscript letters are significantly different between genotypes and treatments at the p < 0.05, by analysis of variance (ANOVA).