Table 3 Effects of different concentrations of melatonin on plant biomass of tomato seedlings under saline-alkali stress.

From: Effects of exogenous melatonin on the growth and photosynthetic characteristics of tomato seedlings under saline-alkali stress

Treatments

Fresh weight, (g)

Dry weight, (g)

Shoot

Root

Shoot

Root

CK

12.235 ± 0.120a

2.182 ± 0.231a

0.679 ± 0.012a

0.107 ± 0.007a

T0

2.518 ± 0.107d

0.722 ± 0.035c

0.276 ± 0.013d

0.053 ± 0.003d

T1

3.692 ± 0.041c

0.925 ± 0.013bc

0.404 ± 0.005c

0.080 ± 0.003c

T2

4.508 ± 0.136b

1.176 ± 0.065b

0.446 ± 0.013b

0.094 ± 0.001b

T3

3.978 ± 0.036c

0.979 ± 0.024bc

0.409 ± 0.005c

0.082 ± 0.003bc

T4

2.512 ± 0.121d

0.697 ± 0.007c

0.261 ± 0.004d

0.050 ± 0.004d

  1. Note: The results in the table are means ± SE of three independent replications. Different letters in the table represent significant differences between treatments (p < 0.05).
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