Table 5.
Treatments | SPAD index† | Nitrogen (mg plant−1)† | Chl a (μg cm−2 leaf)† | Chl b (μg cm−2 leaf)† | Total Chl (μg cm−2 leaf)† | Carotenoids (μg cm−2 leaf)† |
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Control | 36.79 ± 0.53b | 1.42 ± 0.02c | 3.76 ± 0.27b | 1.24 ± 0.09b | 4.99 ± 0.36b | 0.73 ± 0.04 b |
Fertilized | 41.64 ± 0.30a | 3.36 ± 0.24a | 5.02 ± 0.41a | 1.62 ± 0.11a | 6.64 ± 0.52a | 0.95 ± 0.06 a |
64S1 | 42.02 ± 0.48a | 2.32 ± 0.06b | 5.05 ± 0.20a | 1.58 ± 0.06a | 6.62 ± 0.26a | 0.93 ± 0.03 a |
42P4 | 41.65 ± 0.28a | 2.57 ± 0.11b | 4.78 ± 0.02a | 1.52 ± 0.03a | 6.32 ± 0.16a | 0.90 ± 0.02 a |
60I1 | 42.06 ± 0.36a | 2.15 ± 0.20b | 4.80 ± 0.29a | 1.51 ± 0.07a | 6.31 ± 0.36a | 0.90 ± 0.03a |
53F | 41.61 ± 0.42a | 2.25 ± 0.03b | 4.86 ± 0.31a | 1.54 ± 0.10a | 6.41 ± 0.41a | 0.91 ± 0.04a |
†Values are means ± SE (n = 6). Statistical comparisons are among treatments within a single column. The different letters indicate significant differences according to LSD Fisher test (P < 0.05).