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. 2020 Dec 16;9(12):1783. doi: 10.3390/plants9121783

Table 5.

Changes (%) in seedling physiological, biochemical and growth traits, and antioxidant system components relative to the control in cucumber under normal (N) and saline (100 mM NaCl) conditions. Three color scale heatmap as follow: yellow = midpoint of control and different traits with insignificant values compared to control, green = changes over control, and red = changes below control.

Parameters Control
(N)		 Treatments
N+
AsA		 N+
Pro		 N+
GSH		 N+
A.P.G		 NaCl
(S)		 S+
AsA		 S+
Pro		 S+
GSH		 S+
A.P.G
Shoot length 15.6 9.0 6.4 15 17 −24 7.7 −1.3 −3.2 15
Leaf area 64.0 10 8.3 11 18 −26 −0.9 −4.5 0.2 10
Stem diameter 3.6 5.6 2.8 5.6 11 −17 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8
Shoot FW 1.71 17 19 18 19 −18 14 16 16 19
Shoot DW 0.13 15 15 15 31 −23 7.7 0.0 7.7 23
gs 193 25 28 32 33 −26 20 21 21 31
SPAD value 42.1 0.7 1.7 1.9 6.2 −20 −7.6 −8.3 -7.4 -1.7
Fv/Fm 0.83 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 −8.4 −1.2 −1.2 −1.2 1.2
PI 3.64 3.0 2.5 3.8 3.8 −17 −4.9 -4.9 −4.4 2.2
RWC 87.6 0.8 1.8 1.3 4.2 −15 −5.6 −5.0 −5.5 0.2
MSI 76.3 2.9 2.6 3.5 4.5 −17 −8.5 −8.4 −7.7 0.7
Free proline 0.27 15 141 19 181 22 48 196 52 222
Ascorbate 1.48 139 25 33 189 95 327 126 130 412
Glutathione 0.14 36 43 150 186 29 79 100 250 321
SOD activity 0.23 26 22 22 35 8.7 35 35 43 65
CAT activity 0.23 22 30 22 52 26 52 61 61 78
GR activity 0.27 19 26 26 52 19 44 44 48 74
APX activity 0.30 43 40 40 73 20 63 67 67 83
Cd2+ content 0.53 −31 −2.5 −5.6 -33 550 283 292 257 94
K+ content 23.8 2.3 1.0 2.4 3.4 −55 −28 −28 −22 −1.9
Ca2+ content 13.5 −0.4 -2.5 0.9 1.2 −31 -16 −18 −13 −2.8
Na+ content 2.73 −2.8 −1.1 −1.9 -2.5 529 253 248 245 129
K+/Na+ ratio 8.67 5.4 2.2 4.4 6.2 −93 −80 −79 −77 −57
Ca2+/Na+ ratio 4.90 2.7 −2.6 2.8 3.9 −89 −77 −76 −75 −56

AsA = ascorbate, Pro = proline, GSH = glutathione, A.P.G. = ascrobate-proline-glutathione, gs = stomatal conductance, PI = performance index, RWC = relative water content, MSI = membrane stability index, CAT = catalase, GR = glutathione reductase, SOD = superoxide dismutase, APX = ascorbate peroxidase, Cd2+ = cadmium, Ca2+ = calcium, K+ = potassium, and Na+ = sodium.