Table 2 Relative growth rate (RGR, cm day− 1) and plant height /root length ratio (PH/RL) of the Amalia and Claudia varieties under saline and non-saline (control) conditions with the application of QuitoMax.

From: Mitigating salinity stress on tomato growth, water regime, gas exchange, and yield with the application of QuitoMax

Treatments

Amalia

Claudia

RGR

PH/RL

RGR

PH/RL

T1

0.81 ± 0.02b

0.81 ± 0.05c

0.79 ± 0.03b

0.81 ± 0.06

T2

0.88 ± 0.03a

0.86 ± 0.05b

0.95 ± 0.02a

0.80 ± 0.03

T3

0.85 ± 0.02ab

0.89 ± 0.04a

0.93 ± 0.02a

0.79 ± 0.02

SEx

0.01

0.07

0.01

0.31

CV

5.35

7.21

8.84

5.14

R2

0.54

0.92

0.94

0.63

  1. Means with equal superscripts do not differ significantly according to Tukey’s test for p < 0.01. Sample size n = 15.
  2. T1 saline soil without QuitoMax, T2 nonsaline soil + QuitoMax, T3 saline soil + QuitoMax, R2 unadjusted coefficient of determination, SEx standard error of the mean of treatments, CV coefficient of variation.
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