Table 2 The effect of foliar application of NBS on yield attributes of tomato under salt stress.

From: Foliar application of nano biochar solution elevates tomato productivity by counteracting the effect of salt stress insights into morphological physiological and biochemical indices

Condition

Foliar (%)

Number of leaves (n)

Number of flowers (n)

Number of fruits(n)

Fruit weight per plant (g)

Control

0

14.3bc

9.6cde

4.0bc

11.2c

 

1

17.0a

15.0a

5.0ab

15.1b

 

3

13.0cd

11.3bc

6.0a

17.6a

 

5

11.6de

8.0e

4.0bc

13.6b

Salinity

0

11.3de

9.0be

3.0c

6.6d

 

1

15.3ab

13.3ab

4.0bc

10.1c

 

3

12.6cde

10.6cd

5.0ab

13.5b

 

5

10.6e

7.6e

3.0 c

9.4c

ANOVA (F_Value)

 Salinity (S)

 

***

***

***

***

 Foliar (F)

 

***

**

***

***

 Salinity*foliar

 

*

ns

ns

ns

  1. Each value is a mean of three replicates; different alphabetic letters indicate significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) among treatments, * and *** indicate significant at p ≤ 0.05 and p ≤ 0.001 respectively; ns indicate non-significant difference.
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