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

Table 5

Effect of salinity on leaf relative water content of six turfgrass species.

EC𝑤; (dS m^−1)	Turfgrass species (relative water contents in %, fresh weight)
	P. vaginatum	Z. japonica	Z. matrella	D. didactyla	C. dactylon “Tifdwarf”	C. dactylon “Satiri”	LSD (0.05)
0	93.16 a	89.48 a	89.89 a	87.33 a	90.85 a	90.18 a	8.83
8	90.24 ab	87.57 a	90.97 a	86.28 a	90.14 a	90.39 a	6.29
16	90.23 ba	85.22 a	86.87 a	84.78 a	85.02 ba	86.19 a	6.64
24	87.84 ba	84.92 a	88.51 a	82.42 a	83.91 ba	78.59 b	9.92
32	86.04 b bc	78.39 b	84.09 a	68.06 b	78.70 b	76.42 b	9.97
40	79.77 dc	72.28 c	73.28 b	63.46 b	65.27 c	64.85 b	9.51
48	78.68 b	66.30 d	64.98 c	55.35 c	62.51 c	57.30 c	8.03
LSD (0.05)	6.49	5.94	8.05	5.85	8.76	6.97

Means within columns followed by the same letter are not significantly different at 𝑃=0.05 (LSD test).