Table 2.

Combine application of SA and K on leaf water status (WSD, WRC and WUC) under drought stress.

	Treatments		WSD (%)			WRC			WUC
			Field capacity			Field capacity			Field capacity
			100%	70%	40%	100%	70%	40%	100%	70%	40%
2016–17	0 K	CK	20.5a	36.4a	44.2a	5.40a	6.41a	8.33a	0.90a	1.97a	3.24a
		SP	20.0a	28.6b	35.3b	5.10a	5.81b	6.03bc	0.82a	1.38b	1.78c
		FS	19.7a	25.5c	34.7b	5.33a	5.84b	6.07bc	0.85a	1.23c	1.76c
	100 K	CK	18.3ab	30.2b	35.5b	5.34a	5.85b	6.42b	0.79a	1.46b	1.92b
		SP	16.4bc	25.4c	31.8c	4.24b	5.45bc	6.36b	0.52b	1.13c	1.70c
		FS	14.8c	22.5d	30.3c	5.14a	5.20c	5.94c	0.61b	0.94d	1.49d
		Mean	18.3C	28.1B	35.3A	5.09C	5.76B	6.52A	0.75C	1.35B	1.98A
2017–18	0 K	CK	26.45a	36.54a	42.61a	5.29ab	5.77b	8.04a	1.14a	1.74a	3.00a
		SP	21.57b	27.59b	34.17c	5.13b	5.23c	6.59bc	0.89b	1.17c	1.91c
		FS	17.27cd	24.27c	34.14c	5.22ab	7.34a	6.32c	0.73bc	1.54b	1.82c
	100 K	CK	18.33c	27.72b	37.21b	4.99b	5.92b	6.75b	0.73bc	1.36b	2.14b
		SP	15.97de	29.16b	29.69c	5.51a	5.69b	6.35c	0.72bc	1.37b	1.59d
		FS	15.07e	24.53c	26.68e	5.33ab	5.18c	5.76d	0.65c	1.03c	1.27e
		Mean	19.11C	28.30B	34.08A	5.24C	5.85B	6.64A	0.81C	1.37B	1.96A
		SOV		WSD		WRC			WUC
		Year(Y)		Ns		Ns			**
		Drought(D)		**		**			**
		D × Y		*		Ns			Ns
		Salicylic acid(SA)		**		**			**
		Potassium (K)		**		**			**
		SA × Y		Ns		Ns			**
		D × SA		**		**			**
		K × Y		Ns		Ns			ns
		D × K		**		**			**
		SA × K		**		**			**
		SA × K × Y		Ns		*			*
		D × K × Y		*		Ns			*
		D × SA × K		**		**			**
		D × SA × K × Y		**		**			**

ns non significant, ** significant at 1% level of probability, * significant at 5% level of probability.