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Table 2 Effect of different salinity levels and foliar application of chitosan on morphological criteria and chlorophyll content

From: Mitigation the adverse effect of salinity stress on the performance of the tomato crop by exogenous application of chitosan

Salinity levels (mM)

Chitosan Levels (mg L−1)

Plant height (cm)

Average number of compound leaves (plant−1)

Leaf area (cm2)

Stem diameter (mm)

No of fruit (plant−1)

Fruit weight (g)

Fruit firmnes (s)

Yield plant−1 (kg)

pH

TSS

Chl content

0

0

62.4

17.9

18.2

10.27

20.7

61.1

3.1

1.34

5.8

3.2

55.1

50

63.5

20.2

18.6

10.34

21.3

62.9

3.3

1.39

5.7

3.5

62.8

100

64.8

23.3

19.4

10.42

22.7

64.4

3.9

1.43

5.6

3.3

68.5

150

68.5

26.6

20.5

10.48

27.3

68.9

4.7

1.49

5.5

3.4

74.7

50

0

58.7

12.7

17.5

9.64

17.0

59.5

3.1

1.28

5.7

3.7

50.4

50

60.2

14.0

17.9

9.65

20.0

61.3

3.2

1.33

5.4

3.9

57.5

100

62.3

16.9

18.5

9.71

21.7

62.6

3.5

1.34

5.3

4.0

64.5

150

65.3

21.9

19.1

9.76

24.0

65.8

4.5

1.43

5.3

4.3

70.0

100

0

55.2

9.2

16.1

9.25

14.0

55.8

2.3

1.17

5.5

4.0

47.5

50

58.2

12.2

16.7

9.21

18.3

56.4

3.1

1.24

5.2

4.3

56.5

100

59.3

14.3

17.2

9.28

20.0

57.5

3.3

1.26

5.1

4.5

61.2

150

63.5

17.2

17.8

9.35

23.0

62.3

4.0

1.35

5.0

4.8

66.7

150

0

52.1

7.9

15.7

8.99

11.0

52.7

2.1

1.11

5.3

4.4

42.1

50

55.7

11.2

15.5

9.07

16.3

53.8

2.4

1.13

4.9

5.1

52.5

100

57.8

14.2

15.9

9.10

14.7

54.9

2.9

1.17

4.8

5.0

53.3

150

57.4

14.7

16.7

9.21

20.0

60.4

3.6

1.26

4.7

5.7

57.9

L.S.D at 0.05

1.2

0.6

0.8

0.2

0.4

1.5

0.05

0.02

0.1

0.2

1.7