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Table 2 Effect of GA3 and PBZ on chlorophyll, carotenoid, and water soluble carbohydrate (WSC) of sweet sorghum under salinity

From: Potential objectives for gibberellic acid and paclobutrazol under salt stress in sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench cv. Sofra)

Salt

Treatment

chlorophyll a (mg g−1FW)

chlorophyll b (mg g−1FW)

Total chlorophyll (mg g−1FW)

Carotenoid (mg g−1FW)

Leaf WSC (mg g−1DW)

0 (mM)

Control

1.27cd ± 0.26

0.42de ± 0.07

1.91cd ± 0.1

0.48cde ± 0.03

13d ± 2.5

17 µM PBZ

1.68bc ± 0.16

0.56bc ± 0.03

2.28bc ± 0.2

0.57bc ± 0.03

25abc ± 2.5

17 µM GA3

1.13d ± 0.20

0.39e ± 0.09

1.55d ± 0.3

0.41e ± 0.09

14cd ± 1.5

100 (mM)

Control

1.65bc ± 0.01

0.55bcd ± 0.001

2.23bc ± 0.01

0.53cd ± 0.02

20bcd ± 0.2

17 µM PBZ

2.15a ± 0.16

0.67ab ± 0.06

2.86a ± 0.2

0.67ab ± 0.04

31ab ± 4.3

17 µM GA3

1.17d ± 0.2

0.26f ± 0.08

1.62d ± 0.2

0.44de ± 0.04

31ab ± 3.4

200 (mM)

Control

1.97ab ± 0.17

0.59abc ± 0.07

2.63ab ± 0.2

0.72a ± 0.1

26ab ± 3.3

17 µM PBZ

2.06ab ± 0.38

0.7a ± 0.01

2.76ab ± 0.5

0.67ab ± 0.08

32a ± 3.2

17 µM GA3

1.69bc ± 0.3

0.48cde ± 0.04

2.21bc ± 0.4

0.56bc ± 0.07

31ab ± 3.6

  1. Values are means (± SD) of three replicates, and similar letters illustrated as superscripts in each column are not significant (p < 0.05)