Table 3 Water use efficiency (WUE) of Amalia and Claudia tomato plants under semicontrolled conditions with the application of QuitoMax. Sample size n = 15.

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

Treatments

WUE (µmol CO2 µmol H2O− 1)

Amalia

Claudia

T1

6.26 ± 0.11c

9.22 ± 0.14a

T2

8.61 ± 0.13b

6.68 ± 0.12b

T3

11.73 ± 0.4a

9.30 ± 0.15a

SEx

0.07

0.13

CV

8,61

19.58

R2

0.96

0.89

  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 the treatments, CV coefficient of variation).