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. 2020 Aug 20;15(8):e0235355. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235355

Table 4. Effect of salinity levels on dry wt, TI, efficiency of inoculants and TiO2NPs concentration of mycorrhizal, and non-mycorrhizal plants supplemented with and without TiO2NPs.

Periods Dry Wt. g Efficiency of inoculants Tolerance index % Tio2NPs concentrations
Treatments Root Shoot T.F.
P. Control NM 4.6
M 11.7 154
TiO2NPs NM 4.9 6 0.53d 0.77a 1.45
M 13.6 195 0.66b 0.42c 0.63
NaCl 100mM NM 3.5 -24 76 - -
M 12.9 180 110 - -
NaCl 200mM NM 1.9 -59 38 -
M 6.8 48 58 - -
TiO2NPs+100mMNaCl NM 3.2 -37 65 0.47d 0.79a 1.68
M 14.9 224 110 0.92a 0.47a 0.51
TiO2NPs+NaCl200mM NM 1.2 -74 24 0.11e 0.78a 7.1
M 10.6 130 78 0.91c 0.48ab 0.52
LSD (P>0.05) 0.54 0.026 0.054

Efficiency of inoculants = d.w treated- d.w control / d.w. control; Tolerance index TI % = d.w. Plant at salinity level ×100 / d.w. plant at 0.0 level of salinity; NM; Non-mycorrhizal plants and M; Mycorrhizal plants., Translocation Factors (T F) = level of element in shoot / level of element in root; LSD: At significant level (P>0.05).Sample symbols (a.a) mean non significant difference (a.b) mean significant difference.