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Table 3 Mean Square value of morphological, yield and quality related attributes of tomato as influenced by different salinity stress and foliar application of chitosan

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

SOV

df

Means Square (MS)

PH

NOCLPP

LA

SD

NOFPP

AFW

FF

LChlC

TSS

FJpH

YPP

Salinity (S)

3

174.0***

238.557***

24.1818***

3.8892***

109.889***

195.123***

2.157***

401.05***

6.271***

1.152***

0.1395***

Chitosan (C)

3

54.8***

149.002***

6.3578***

0.0603***

127.722***

113.769***

5.3395***

737.96***

1.154***

0.417***

0.0513***

S × C

9

3.25*

2.479*

0.2113*

0.0028*

2.907*

0.804*

0.0615*

6.3*

0.129*

0.008*

0.0005*

Error

32

1.59

1.505

0.105

0.0021

1.521

1.616

0.0398

3.454

0.066

0.001

0.0003

Total

47

           
  1. PH, Plant height; NOCLPP, Number of Compound leaves plant−1; LA, Leaf area; SD, Stem diameter; NOFPP, Number of fruits plant−1; AFW, Average fruit weight; FF, Fruit firmness; LChlC, Leaf Chlorophyll content; TSS, Total Soluble Solid; FJpH, Fruit Juice pH; YPP, Yield plant−1
  2. *Significant at p ≤ 0.05; ***highly significant at p ≤ 0.01