Table 2 Physiological characteristics of cotton cultivars grown with different levels and modes of Zn application under alkaline calcareous conditions
From: Zinc nutrition optimization for better cotton productivity on alkaline calcareous soil
Treatments | Chlorophyll contents in FW /(mg·g−1) | Membrane stability index /% | Relative water content /% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CIM-663 | Cyto-124 | CIM-663 | Cyto-124 | CIM-663 | Cyto-124 | |
Control | 0.63f | 0.70e | 58.00f | 57.10f | 61.29ef | 59.80f |
SZn5 | 0.78de | 0.81d | 62.22de | 60.42e | 69.13cd | 65.29de |
SZn10 | 0.86d | 0.92c | 64.18d | 63.34de | 71.54c | 67.52d |
SZn15 | 0.97c | 1.07b | 65.44d | 64.19d | 73.18bc | 70.80c |
FZn0.5 | 1.10b | 0.83d | 59.15ef | 58.25f | 67.23d | 61.91e |
FZn1 | 0.71e | 0.88cd | 62.80de | 60.10e | 68.14cd | 63.65e |
SZn5 + FZn0.5 | 0.76de | 0.93c | 68.90c | 63.37de | 68.21cd | 65.19de |
SZn5 + FZn1 | 0.90cd | 1.01bc | 73.28b | 64.12d | 69.34abcd | 66.18d |
SZn10 + FZn0.5 | 1.04b | 1.10b | 77.86a | 65.24d | 74.47bc | 67.33d |
SZn10 + FZn1 | 1.13ab | 1.16a | 77.68a | 65.28d | 76.36b | 68.85cd |
SZn15 + FZn0.5 | 1.11ab | 1.13ab | 78.00a | 66.26cd | 78.17ab | 71.67c |
SZn15 + FZn1 | 1.21a | 1.17a | 68.13c | 69.18c | 81.28a | 73.18bc |