Table 4.
Effect of interaction of water regimes and rootstocks on leaf nutrient content. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments (Duncan’s multiple range test at p < 0.05) and ± value indicates to stander error
| Root stock | Treatment | N (%) |
P (%) |
K (%) |
Mg (%) |
Ca (%) |
Fe (ppm) |
Zn (ppm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super green | 1.00 ETc | 4.120 ± 0.11 a | 0.47 ± 0.07 a | 3.62 ± 0.21 ab | 0.65 ± 0.021 a | 2.51 ± 0.10 a | 198.1 ± 9.1 a | 86.27 ± 4.11 b |
| 0.75 ETc | 3.590 ± 0.12 c | 0.38 ± 0.009 c | 3.02 ± 0.21 fg | 0.48 ± 0.041 e | 2.10 ± 0.10 bc | 139.8 ± 2.1 bc | 77.36 ± 2.09 f | |
| 0.50 ETc | 2.550 ± 0.91 gh | 0.23 ± 0.002 ij | 2.83 ± 0.44 j | 0.28 ± 0.01 l l | 1.90 ± 0.10 e–g | 78.19 ± 8.1 fg | 51.13 ± 5.10 n | |
| Just | 1.00 ETc | 4.190 ± 0.71 a | 0.41 ± 0.05 b | 3.580 ± 0.51 c | 0.63 ± 0.010 b | 2.50 ± 0.10 a | 200.1 ± 25.10 a | 82.31 ± 1.10 c |
| 0.75 ETc | 3.310 ± 0.21 d | 0.35 ± 0.077 d | 3.02 ± 0.21 fg | 0.45 ± 0.019 f | 2.11 ± 0.10 bc | 135.9 ± 31.10 bc | 75.49 ± 6.3 g | |
| 0.50 ETc | 2.630 ± 0.10 j | 0.21 ± 0.097 kl | 2.92 ± 0.11 i | 0.25 ± 0.067 m | 1.88 ± 0.10 fg | 78.95 ± 4.1 fg | 48.72 ± 1.15 o | |
| Guard 1 | 1.00 ETc | 4.150 ± 0.13 a | 0.31 ± 0.065 e | 3.61 ± 0.71 b | 0.62 ± 0.077 bc | 2.55 ± 0.10 a | 204.3 ± 56.1 a | 73.44 ± 7.10 h |
| 0.75 ETc | 3.020 ± 0.81 e | 0.25 ± 0.024 h | 3.03 ± 0.56 f | 0.42 ± 0.036 g | 2.08 ± 0.10 b-d | 130.2 ± 59.1b-d | 58.23 ± 9.12 k | |
| 0.50 ETc | 2.530 ± 0.10 h | 0.24 ± 0.080 hi | 2.80 ± 0.24 k | 0.25 ± 0.034 m | 1.81 ± 0.10 g | 101.4 ± 9.1 d-e | 45.11 ± 2.16 p | |
| Guard 2 | 1.00 ETc | 4.210 ± 0.19 a | 0.46 ± 0.091 a | 3.63 ± 0.031 a | 0.59 ± 0.056 d | 2.53 ± 0.10 a | 203.3 ± 34.1 a | 88.86 ± 3.12 a |
| 0.75 ETc | 3.250 ± 0.18 d | 0.27 ± 0.02 | 3.01 ± 1.01 g | 0.38 ± 0.087 i | 2.03 ± 0.10 c-e | 125.7 ± 88.1b-e | 70.40 ± 5.10 i | |
| 0.50 ETc | 2.580 ± 0.20 gh | 0.24 ± 0.071 hi | 2.79 ± 0.91 k | 0.23 ± 0.090 n | 1.85 ± 0.10 fg | 100.3 ± 13.11 d-e | 41.09 ± 1.90 q | |
| C.L. Colocynthoides | 1.00 ETc | 4.140 ± 0.88 a | 0.42 ± 0.051 b | 3.57 ± 0.31 c | 0.61 ± 0.017 c | 2.20 ± 0.10 b | 191.2 ± 16.15 a | 81.21 ± 3.89 d |
| 0.75 ETc | 3.240 ± 0.15 d | 0.29 ± 0.010 f | 3.05 ± 0.71 e | 0.40 ± 0.030 h | 2.01 ± 0.10 c-e | 120.4 ± 0.12b-e | 62.83 ± 3.17 j | |
| 0.50 ETc | 2.570 ± 0.58 gh | 0.22 ± 0.061 jk | 2.94 ± 0.93 h | 0.30 ± 0.044 k | 1.80 ± 0.10 g | 98.96 ± 20.12 ef | 55.29 ± 4.10 m | |
| Luarens | 1.00 ETc | 3.90 ± 0.21 ab | 0.39 ± 0.021 c | 3.11 ± 0.98 d | 0.46 ± 0.056 f | 2.15 ± 0.10 bc | 147.1 ± 19.16 b | 80.86 ± 4.51 e |
| 0.75 ETc | 2.860 ± 0.40 f | 0.21 ± 0.013 kl | 2.91 ± 0.31 i | 0.35 ± 0.077 j | 1.95 ± 0.10 d-f | 114.6 ± 11.13 c-e | 56.23 ± 5.01 l | |
| 0.50 ETc | 2.010 ± 0.01 i | 0.18 ± 0.041 m | 2.74 ± 0.11 l | 0.20 ± 0.094 o | 1.24 ± 0.10 h | 51.72 ± 8.15 h | 37.08 ± 2.99 r |