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

Table 7

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

EC𝑤; (dS m^−1)	Turfgrass species (chlorophyll-b 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	0.14 a	0.13 a	0.12 a	0.15 a	0.20 a	0.20 a	0.031
8	0.13 ab	0.13 a	0.11 b	0.13 ab	0.19 ab	0.19 ab	0.022
16	0.12 ab	0.10 b	0.10 b	0.13 ab	0.18 b	0.19 ab	0.017
24	0.12 ab	0.10 b	0.10 bc	0.12 ab	0.18 b	0.18 b	0.019
32	0.11 b	0.08 b	0.09 cd	0.10 bc	0.12 c	0.12 c	0.023
40	0.11 b	0.08 b	0.08 de	0.09 bc	0.09 d	0.11 cd	0.020
48	0.12 ab	0.08 b	0.06 e	0.08 c	0.11 cd	0.09 c	0.019
LSD (0.05)	0.024	0.026	0.014	0.033	0.018	0.018

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