Table 2.
Effects of 0, 7, 14, and 21 d of salt stress conditions on proline, lipid peroxidation (LPO), chlorophyll colour index (CCI), total chlorophyll (Total Chl) and carotenoids in Solanum lycopersicum and Solanum chilense.
Treatments | Metabolites and pigment content |
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Proline (µ g−1 FW) |
LPO (mm g−1 FW) |
CCI |
Total Chl (mg g-1FW) |
Carotenoids (mg g−1 FW) |
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DVRT-1 | Chilense | DVRT-1 | Chilense | DVRT-1 | Chilense | DVRT-1 | Chilense | DVRT-1 | Chilense | |
0 d | 11.5 ± 1.28 d | 13.8 ± 1.6d | 1.28 ± 0.03e | 1.09 ± 0.19e | 47.6 ± 2.4ab | 50.6 ± 1.0a | 3.1 ± 0.15b | 3.8 ± 0.31a | 0.55 ± 0.04a | 0.59 ± 0.02a |
7 d | 56.8 ± 1.45c | 104.1 ± 2.0b | 2.39 ± 0.25cd | 1.44 ± 0.23de | 42.0 ± 2.4bc | 46.6 ± 1.5abc | 2.0 ± 0.07cd | 3.3 ± 0.01ab | 0.40 ± 0.01c | 0.55 ± 0.03a |
14 d | 112.2 ± 1.50b | 215.9 ± 5.9a | 3.91 ± 0.43b | 2.06 ± 0.21cde | 32.6 ± 1.9d | 39.0 ± 2.9cd | 1.7 ± 0.05d | 3.2 ± 0.15ab | 0.42 ± 0.02bc | 0.53 ± 0.02ab |
21 d | 98.8 ± 2.26b | 208.2 ± 6.8a | 6.72 ± 0.36a | 2.58 ± 0.13c | 20.6 ± 1.7e | 31.3 ± 1.6d | 0.82 ± 0.08e | 2.3 ± 0.11c | 0.24 ± 0.008d | 0.49 ± 0.04abc |
Mean (+SE) was calculated from three replicates for each treatment. Values with different letters are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 applying the DMRT test.