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Table 2 Some morphological properties detected at harvest in leaves of Myrobalan 29C subjected to KNO3 and stress factors

From: Enhancing drought, heat shock, and combined stress tolerance in Myrobalan 29C rootstocks with foliar application of potassium nitrate

Stress factors

Applications

RSL (%)

RSD (%)

FSW

(g/plant)

DSW

(g/plant)

FRW

(g/plant)

DRW

(g/plant)

LA

(cm2)

Control

- KNO3

73.66b

33.66b

126.33b

81.66b

44.00b

29.33b

186.00b

Control

 + KNO3

79.33a

35.00a

151.00a

98.00a

48.00a

31.00a

233.00a

Drought

-KNO3

47.33g

18.66c

74.66f

49.00e

28.33e

18.00e

118.00ef

Drought

 + KNO3

54.33e

18.00c

80.66e

52.00e

31.00d

21.00d

134.00d

Heat Shock

-KNO3

62.33d

31.66b

85.33d

55.00d

39.00c

25.00c

127.00de

Heat Shock

 + KNO3

66.66c

31.33b

95.66c

61.00c

39.33c

25.00c

151.00c

Drought + Heat Shock

-KNO3

44.33h

16.33c

66.00g

42.00g

27.00e

13.00f

109.00f

Drought + Heat Shock

 + KNO3

50.33f

13.33d

76.33f

48.00e

30.33d

19.00e

127.00de

Significance level

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  1. Different letters in columns represent statistical differences
  2. RSL Relativeshootlength, RSD relativeshootdiameter, FSW freshshootweight, DSW dryshootweight, FRW freshrootweight, DRW dryrootweight and LAleaf area
  3. **Significance level at p < 0.01 was detected for the applications and stress factors (Tukey’s HSD test)