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Table 1 plant growth rate of potted single tomato plants measured at 0, 30, 50, 70 and 90 days after transplanting (DAT) for the 4 aeration levels at the 3 NaCl stress levels

From: Effect of soil aeration on root morphology and photosynthetic characteristics of potted tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) at different NaCl salinity levels

Treatments

Growth rate of plant height/ (cm/Day)

Growth rate of stem diameter/ (mm/Day)

0-30DAT

30-50DAT

50-70DAT

70-90DAT

0-30DAT

30-50DAT

50-70DAT

70-90DAT

CK

0.99a

1.26a

1.80ab

0.84ab

0.79a

0.48ab

0.15a

0.54bcde

S1A0

0.74bcd

0.83abc

1.63abc

1.23ab

0.33bcd

0.24abc

0.49a

0.81abc

S1A1

0.83ab

0.76bcd

1.80ab

1.53ab

0.38bc

0.33abc

0.48a

1.06ab

S1A2

0.96a

1.01ab

1.85a

1.21ab

0.73a

0.32abc

0.47a

0.78abc

S1A3

0.78bc

1.06ab

1.34abcd

1.31ab

0.54ab

0.58a

0.41a

0.83abc

S2A0

0.48e

0.36de

1.19bcd

1.30ab

0.25 cd

0.08bc

0.67a

0.13e

S2A1

0.63cde

0.44cde

0.93def

1.63ab

0.35bcd

0.04c

0.61a

0.31cde

S2A2

0.62cde

0.48cde

1.39abcd

1.70a

0.40bc

0.41abc

0.35a

0.69abcd

S2A3

0.60de

0.49cde

1.05cde

1.15ab

0.32bcd

0.45abc

0.19a

0.32cde

S3A0

0.51e

0.24e

0.30 g

0.60b

0.09d

0.32abc

0.17a

0.30cde

S3A1

0.53e

0.29e

0.43 fg

0.87ab

0.23 cd

0.20abc

0.49a

0.19de

S3A2

0.57e

0.34de

0.48efg

1.20ab

0.26 cd

0.47abc

0.16a

1.11a

S3A3

0.55e

0.21e

0.29 g

0.94ab

0.23 cd

0.23abc

0.31a

0.44cde

F-value

 Aeration volume (A)

3.396*

0.637 ns

1.528 ns

0.755 ns

4.040*

2.685 ns

1.243 ns

3.446*

 Salinity level (S)

37.611**

22.114**

31.761**

2.078 ns

19.615**

1.725 ns

1.970 ns

7.479**

 A × S

0.827 ns

0.341 ns

0.521 ns

0.371 ns

0.861 ns

1.177 ns

0.866 ns

2.197 ns

  1. Note: Values followed by different small letters in the same column meant significant differences at p < 5%. ANOVA F-value for main and interaction effects were not significant (ns) or significant at ≤5% (*) and ≤ 1% level (**)