Silicon Improves Maize Photosynthesis in Saline-Alkaline Soils

Table 3

Effects of Si application on transpiration rate () in leaves of maize.

Growth stages	Transpiration rate () (mmol⋅m^−2⋅s^−1)
	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5
Big trumpet stage	8.66 ± 0.21^a	8.23 ± 0.16^a	7.25 ± 0.10^b	6.90 ± 0.12^c	6.86 ± 0.09^c
Silking stage	9.85 ± 0.08^a	9.67 ± 0.18^a	8.92 ± 0.15^b	8.31 ± 0.13^c	8.20 ± 0.16^c
Grain filling stage	7.82 ± 0.15^a	7.97 ± 0.11^a	6.93 ± 0.13^b	6.09 ± 0.12^c	6.03 ± 0.09^c
Milk stage	4.31 ± 0.08^a	4.15 ± 0.10^a	3.52 ± 0.07^b	3.03 ± 0.08^c	2.96 ± 0.05^c

Means (±SD) labeled with different letters within each column are significantly different () by Duncan’s test, .