Effect of salinity stress and surfactant treatment with zinc and boron on morpho-physiological and biochemical indices of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)

Table 1 Mean square values for morphological and yield parameters of fenugreek grown under salinity stress with foliar application of zinc and boron

SOV-	Df	RL	SL	PH	LA	NO. of leaves	RFW	RDW	SFW	SDW	No. of branches/ plant	No. of seeds/pod	100 SW
Salinity	1	45.38**	35.46**	107.47**	0.08**	4923.36**	0.22**	0.06**	28.34**	0.95**	336.11**	160.44**	1.96**
Zn	2	18.74**	23.14**	105.80**	0.00**	3259.03**	0.45**	0.02**	5.25**	0.39**	196.08**	121.03**	1.52**
B	1	3.54**	2.05**	19.36**	4.10**	552.25**	0.10**	0.00**	2.20**	0.09**	49.00**	16.00**	0.33**
Salinity × Zn	2	2.91**	0.22ns	1.44*	0.00**	212.69**	0.01*	6.80ns	0.14**	0.01**	11.36**	6.03**	0.06**
Salinity × B	1	0.20ns	0.55*	0.02ns	1.92**	23.36ns	0.00ns	1.25ns	0.02ns	0.01**	4.00*	0.44ns	0.02*
Zn × B	2	0.91**	0.22ns	0.04ns	5.63ns	3.58ns	5.83ns	4.30ns	0.05*	8.36*	3.25**	0.08ns	0.00ns
Salinity×Zn×B	2	0.04ns	0.36*	0.30ns	1.03ns	0.36ns	1.02ns	3.08*	0.26**	3.66ns	2.08*	0.19ns	0.00ns
Error	24	0.07	0.07	0.31	8.20	8.11	0.00	6.13	0.01	1.21	0.56	0.31	0.35
LSD Salinity		0.183	0.182	0.38	0.051	1.95	0.024	0.0053	0.059	0.0075	0.51	0.38	0.046
LSD B		0.183	0.182	0.38	0.051	1.95	0.024	0.0053	0.059	0.0075	0.51	0.38	0.046
LSD Zn		0.224	0.223	0.46	0.072	2.39	0.029	0.0065	0.072	0.0092	0.62	0.46	0.057

ns; non-significant, SOV; sum of variance, Zn; zinc, B; boron, Df; degree of freedom, RL; root length, SL; shoot length, PH; plant height, LA; Leaf area, RFW; root fresh weight, RDW; root dry weight, SFW; shoot fresh weight, SDW; shoot dry weight, SW; seed weight
** Significant at P ≤ 0.05

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