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

Table 6

Effect of salinity on chlorophyll-a concentration of six turfgrass species.

EC𝑤; (dS m^−1)	Turfgrass species (chlorophyll-a contents in mg g^−1, fresh weight)
	P. vaginatum	Z. japonica	Z. matrella	D. didactyla	C. dactylon “Tifdwarf”	C. dactylon “Satiri”	LSD (0.05)
0	0.49 a	0.40 a	0.36 a	0.30 a	0.49 a	0.57 a	0.070
8	0.47 a	0.39 ab	0.33 ab	0.29 a	0.48 a	0.57 a	0.059
16	0.46 ab	0.39 ab	0.31 abc	0.27 a	0.46 a	0.56 a	0.067
24	0.45 abc	0.38 ab	0.30 abc	0.26 a	0.45 ab	0.55 a	0.080
32	0.42 bc	0.35 bc	0.29 bc	0.20 b	0.40 bc	0.53 a	0.079
40	0.41 c	0.33 cd	0.26 c	0.19 b	0.35 cd	0.45 b	0.061
48	0.40 c	0.30 d	0.24 c	0.12 c	0.31 d	0.41 b	0.065
LSD (0.05)	0.051	0.042	0.066	0.063	0.052	0.077

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