Table 5 Yield components of Amalia and Claudia tomato varieties after the application of QuitoMax at 5 DAT and at flowering in saline soil at 6 dS m− 1.

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

Treatments

Amalia

Claudia

NV-P

NFl-V

NFr-V

FM

Y

NV-P

NFl-V

NFr-V

FM

Y

T1

12 c

8

7

147,6 ± 3,1 c

1,03 ± 0,1 c

12 c

8

7

142,7 ± 3,5 c

1,00 ± 0,6 c

T2

16 a

9

9

203,1 ± 1,9 a

1,83 ± 0,6 a

14 ab

8

8

154,1 ± 2,1 a

1,23 ± 0,4 a

T3

14 b

8

8

175,2 ± 2,6 b

1,40 ± 0,4 b

13 b

8

8

144,3 ± 4,1 b

1,15 ± 0,1 b

SEx

0,04

0,01

0,01

0,12

0,01

0,04

0,00

0,001

0,12

0,01

CV

8,72

4,35

8,14

13,27

6,21

8,72

0,00

5,14

13,27

6,21

R2

0,96

0,41

0,45

0,97

0,94

0,94

0,00

0,01

0,89

0,96

  1. Means with equal letters do not differ by Tukey’s test for p < 0.05. Sample size n = 15.
  2. NV-P number of clusters per plant, NF_V number of flowers per cluster, FM fruit mass (g), Y yield (kg plant− 1)], SEx standard error of the mean of treatments, CV coefficient of variation, R2 unadjusted coefficient of determination, T1 saline soil without QuitoMax, T2 nonsaline soil + QuitoMax, T3 saline soil + QuitoMax.