Table 3 Interaction of light spectra and stress (salinity and alkalinity) on vegetative characteristics of two lettuce cultivars.
Light spectra | Stress | Shoot fresh mass (g plant−1) | Root fresh mass (g plant−1) | Shoot dry mass (g plant−1) | Root dry mass (g plant−1) | Leaf No. (No. plant−1) | Leaf area (cm−2 leaf−1) | Root length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New red fire 11 | ||||||||
Blue (460 mn) | Control | 103.30 ± 2.8c | 16.60 ± 0.6b | 5.90 ± 0.69c | 1.55 ± 0.13a | 34.32 ± 0.5b | 20.40 ± 0.4b | 46.90 ± 1.8ab |
Salinity | 95.00 ± 0.2d | 16.60 ± 0.3b | 5.00 ± 0.06d | 1.42 ± 0.11ab | 31.30 ± 0.6c | 13.30 ± 1.2e | 36.10 ± 4.2c | |
Alkalinity | 40.00 ± 5.0h | 15.00 ± 0.1c | 2.58 ± 0.14g | 1.20 ± 0.04c | 22.30 ± 0.6g | 11.50 ± 0.4f | 35.70 ± 1.7c | |
Red (660 nm) | Control | 138.80 ± 3.4a | 20.50 ± 0.8a | 9.21 ± 0.11a | 1.46 ± 0.18ab | 43.00 ± 2.0a | 21.60 ± 1.3a | 49.30 ± 2.6a |
Salinity | 125..00 ± 5.1b | 16.60 ± 0.6b | 7.74 ± 1.22b | 1.37 ± 0.06b | 40.60 ± 3.5a | 18.16 ± 0.6c | 45.40 ± 0.1b | |
Alkalinity | 70.00 ± 5.0e | 13.60 ± 1.5d | 3.90 ± 0.29f | 1.02 ± 0.09d | 30.00 ± 0.1cd | 14.90 ± 0.6d | 33.40 ± 0.7cd | |
Ambient light | Control | 50.00 ± 0.1g | 6.38 ± 0.5g | 2.32 ± 0.27g | 0.56 ± 0.05ef | 24.60 ± 1.2fg | 12.60 ± 0.5e | 33.10 ± 3.2cd |
Salinity | 33.30 ± 2.9i | 5.10 ± 0.6h | 2.19 ± 0.16g | 0.42 ± 0.04fg | 18.60 ± 1.1h | 10.50 ± 0.6g | 26.30 ± 1.5fg | |
Alkalinity | 21.60 ± 2.8j | 2.51 ± 0.4jk | 0.98 ± 0.11h | 0.26 ± 0.05h | 17.30 ± 0.6hi | 8.70 ± 0.7h | 28.10 ± 1.6ef | |
Lollo bionda | ||||||||
Blue (460 mn) | Control | 63.30 ± 2.9f | 13.30 ± 0.6d | 4.60 ± 1.78de | 1.50 ± 0.11ab | 35.00 ± 0.1b | 7.90 ± 0.7h | 31.00 ± 1.3de |
Salinity | 47.30 ± 2.5g | 3.29 ± 0.2ij | 3.01 ± 0.10fg | 1.06 ± 0.12d | 26.30 ± 2.3ef | 6.90 ± 0.4i | 26.30 ± 5.8fg | |
Alkalinity | 6.90 ± 0.2l | 3.78 ± 0.2i | 0.77 ± 0.06h | 0.21 ± 0.01hi | 13.00 ± 0.1j | 3.24 ± 0.1lm | 27.50 ± 0.9efg | |
Red (660 nm) | Control | 37.00 ± 2.5hi | 10.06 ± 0.1e | 2.07 ± 0.63g | 0.58 ± 0.01e | 28.60 ± 1.5de | 5.40 ± 0.6j | 28.00 ± 0.9f |
Salinity | 15.00 ± 1.0K | 8.32 ± 0.9f | 1.07 ± 0.05h | 0.43 ± 0.02fg | 26.30 ± 2.5ef | 4.80 ± 0.3jk | 23.80 ± 1.1gh | |
Alkalinity | 14.30 ± 5.7K | 1.61 ± 0.3kl | 0.92 ± 0.09h | 0.19 ± 0.01hi | 23.30 ± 0.6g | 4.00 ± 0.1lm | 24.10 ± 1.0fgh | |
Ambient light | Control | 9.90 ± 0.1Kl | 3.31 ± 0.1ij | 0.56 ± 0.06h | 0.40 ± 0.02g | 18.30 ± 0.5h | 4.20 ± 0.1kl | 25.90 ± 0.1fg |
Salinity | 6.30 ± 0.6l | 2.09 ± 0.1kl | 0.53 ± 0.07h | 0.20 ± 0.03hi | 15.60 ± 1.2i | 3.80 ± 0.3lm | 20.60 ± 0.8h | |
Alkalinity | 4.50 ± 0.3l | 1.31 ± 0.3l | 0.46 ± 0.03h | 0.11 ± 0.02i | 13.00 ± 0.6j | 3.04 ± 0.3m | 12.90 ± 0.5i | |