Table 4 chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and total chlorophyll of potted single tomato plants measured at 46 and 108 days after transplanted (DAT) for the 4 aeration levels at the 3 NaCl stress levels

CK

2.27a

2.94a

0.81a

1.14abc

3.08a

4.07a

S₁A₀

1.63abcd

2.12abc

0.55bcde

1.22abc

2.18abc

3.35ab

S₁A₁

1.81abcd

2.29abc

0.67abcd

1.21abc

2.48ab

3.51ab

S₁A₂

2.09a

2.41ab

0.70abc

1.27abc

2.78a

3.68ab

S₁A₃

2.16a

2.60ab

0.78ab

0.99abc

2.93a

3.59ab

S₂A₀

1.75abcd

1.83abc

0.61abcde

1.13abc

2.36abc

2.96abc

S₂A₁

1.92ab

2.27abc

0.65abcd

1.53ab

2.57ab

3.81ab

S₂A₂

1.88abc

2.36ab

0.66abcd

1.00abc

2.54ab

3.35ab

S₂A₃

2.04a

2.45ab

0.69abc

1.77a

2.73a

4.22a

S₃A₀

1.14d

0.61c

0.38e

0.47c

1.52c

1.08c

S₃A₁

1.21 cd

1.03bc

0.51cde

0.60c

1.72bc

1.63bc

S₃A₂

1.27bcd

1.26abc

0.44de

0.83bc

1.71bc

2.09abc

S₃A₃

1.65abcd

1.97ab

0.58abcde

1.22a

2.23abc

3.18a

 Aeration volume (A)

2.480 ns

1.481 ns

2.880 ns

1.716 ns

2.637 ns

2.257 ns

 Salinity level (S)

10.369**

6.299**

10.403**

4.351*

10.785**

7.798**

 A × S

0.255 ns

0.180 ns

0.280 ns

2.111 ns

0.236 ns

0.579 ns