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

Table 8

Effect of salinity on total chlorophyll concentration of six turfgrass species.

EC𝑤; (dS m^−1)	Turfgrass species (total chlorophyll 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	0.62 a	0.53 a	0.48 a	0.45 a	0.68 a	0.77 a	0.069
8	0.60 a	0.52 a	0.44 ab	0.42 ab	0.67 a	0.76 a	0.065
16	0.59 ab	0.49 a	0.41 b	0.40 ab	0.66 a	0.74 a	0.068
24	0.57 bac	0.48 ab	0.40 bc	0.38 b	0.63 ab	0.73 a	0.075
32	0.53 bc	0.41 bc	0.37 bc	0.29 c	0.52 bc	0.65 b	0.083
40	0.52 c	0.43 dc	0.34 cd	0.29 c	0.45 c	0.54 c	0.064
48	0.52 c	0.38 d	0.31 d	0.20 d	0.42 c	0.52 c	0.068
LSD (0.05)	0.060	0.050	0.079	0.068	0.100	0.074

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