Physiological and Growth Responses of Six Turfgrass Species Relative to Salinity Tolerance

Table 2

Main effect and interaction effect on different variables by salinity and species.

Variable	Salinity	Species	Salinity × species
Leaf firing	1665.78***	513.16***	75.83***
Shoot dry weight	95.82***	1317.65***	4.01***
Root dry weight	79.83***	287.54***	1.15 ns
Proline	2176.10***	585.87***	58.07***
Relative water content	78.07***	13.85***	1.45 ns
Chlorophyll-a	30.03***	152.19***	0.89 ns
Chlorophyll-b	67.91***	78.03***	4.20***
Total chlorophyll	65.86***	206.75***	2.13***

Numbers are 𝐹 values significant at ***𝑃<0.0001, ns: not significant.