Alleviating the adverse effects of salinity stress on Salicornia persica using sodium nitroprusside and potassium nitrate

Table 2 Analysis of variance (mean squares) for traits measured in S. persica

Source	df	PH	DF	BY	TW	SO	Cla	Clb	TCl	Na	Cl	SOD	CAT	MDA	Proline	SY
NaCl	3	2561**	10,887**	95.9**	0.42**	652**	134**	724**	264**	6512**	6136**	67.8**	24.3**	545**	0.02**	11.68**
SNP	3	109**	1453**	2.92**	0.12**	25.6**	88.5**	203**	469**	207**	250**	5.25**	5.24**	47.5**	0.005**	0.49**
KNO3	2	103**	1429**	7.1**	0.02**	2.85**	11.9**	61.2**	35.9**	41.6**	50.6**	0.57**	0.29 ^ns	4.10**	0.001**	0.07**
NaCl×SNP	9	64.6**	364^ns	0.53**	0.02**	10.2**	9**	12.6**	18.3**	14.5**	12.5**	1.15**	0.47**	5.46**	0.001**	0.05**
NaCl× KNO₃	6	18.6 ^ns	170^ns	0.16 ^ns	0.009**	0.53 ^ns	0.98 ^ns	4.79**	1.64**	9.21**	6.00 ^ns	0.11**	0.12 ^ns	0.42 ^ns	0.001**	0.02*
KNO₃× SNP	6	4.54**	98.3^ns	0.21**	0.000 ^ns	0.23 ^ns	0.78 ^ns	7.79**	2.63**	4.59**	10.4**	0.04 ^ns	0.20 ^ns	0.41 ^ns	0.0001*	0.009 ^ns
KNO₃× SNP× NaCl	18	23.7**	148^ns	0.44**	0.003**	0.63**	3.40^**	1.82 ^ns	2.59**	4.61**	6.21*	0.08**	0.12 ^ns	0.61 ^ns	0.0001*	0.013*
Error	240	9.22	239	0.07	0.0007	0.36	0.50	6.24**	0.67	2.04	3.14	0.02	0.10	0.54	2.04	0.007
CV (%)		9.67	8.44	14.05	6.92	3.46	9.25	1.21	8.03	6.1	8.54	5.35	9.60	8.51	3.48	10.29

PH: plant height, DF: the number of day until flowering, BY: biological yield, TW: thousand-grain weight, SO: seed oil, Ca: chlorophyll a, Clb: chlorophyll b, TCl: total chlorophyll, Na: concentration of Na⁺, Cl: concentration of Cl⁻, MDA: Malondialdehyde, SY: seed yield. ns = not significant; *, ** = significant at 5% and 1% level, respectively

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