Table 3 Interaction of light spectra and stress (salinity and alkalinity) on vegetative characteristics of two lettuce cultivars.

From: Supplemental red and blue LED light ameliorate the adverse effect of salinity and alkalinity stress in lettuce plants

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

  1. Data represents mean ± SD and means with same letter are significantly not different from each other at P ≤ 0.05 (Duncan test).
  2. Control (no stress), salinity (10 mM NaCl) and alkalinity (10 mM NaHCO3). Photon flux density (PPFD) 200 ± 10 µmol m−2 s−1.