Table 1.

The influence of salt (NaCl) and freezing on chlorophyll fluorescence of excised leaves of six Crataegus genotypes.

GenotypeFoFmFo/FmFv/FoFv/FmPIp
C. × grignonensis (n = 4)
Control46.8235.40.2443.270.75612.85
2%45.8ns224.2ns0.255ns3.13ns0.745ns11.61ns
6%52.5*207.3*0.316*2.63*0.684*8.86*
9%52.3*202.4*0.320*2.47*0.680*7.57*
6% + −7°C40.37*149.0*0.323*2.37*0.678*9.14*
−1°C44.8ns230.5ns0.227ns3.50ns0.773ns21.13*
−3°C45.1ns280.5*0.194*4.18*0.806*23.71*
−7°C43.6ns67.9*0.661*0.54*0.339*0.68*
−7°C + 6%37.03*139.1*0.324*2.34*0.676*7.96*
C. laevigata ‘Pauls Scarlet’ (n = 4)
Control44.9215.50.2493.130.75114.32
2%47.9ns206.1ns0.271ns2.88ns0.729ns12.68ns
6%42.3ns204.8ns0.250ns3.11ns0.750ns13.65ns
9%47.2ns202.5ns0.273ns2.91ns0.727ns13.98ns
6% + −7°C32.9*102.5*0.394*1.81*0.606*4.54*
−1°C45.0ns263.9*0.203*3.94*0.797*25.45*
−3°C41.8*264.8*0.190*4.30*0.810*29.78*
−7°C32.8*91.9*0.434*1.50*0.566*3.14*
−7°C + 6%40.7*112.2*0.425*1.59*0.575*4.27*
C. maximowiczii (n = 3)
Control47.0314.80.1914.310.80923.86
2%42.7*217.9*0.312*3.09*0.688*14.91*
6%39.9*195.9*0.329*2.75*0.671*9.58*
9%31.3*125.8*0.460*1.84*0.540*5.35*
6% + −7°C30.7*97.9*0.469*1.72*0.531*7.50*
−1°C44.2ns315.8ns0.183ns4.50ns0.817ns27.46ns
−3°C43.7*359.9*0.190ns4.04*0.798ns27.89ns
−7°C40.7*253.3*0.209ns3.97*0.791ns18.44*
−7°C + 6%36.8*182.9*0.264*3.26*0.736*19.70*
C. monogyna (n = 12)
Control49.2229.20.2343.310.76614.59
2%51.1ns215.5*0.291ns2.87*0.709ns12.60ns
6%50.7*210.4*0.292ns2.67*0.708ns9.99*
9%60.4*144.9*0.460*1.52*0.540*4.75*
6% + −7°C39.9*137.4*0.342*2.19*0.658*7.45*
−1°C41.9*218.8*0.229ns3.43ns0.772ns17.44ns
−3°C41.3*233.6ns0.212*3.80*0.787*21.12*
−7°C29.0*93.0*0.363*1.84*0.637*3.76*
−7°C + 6%53.1*117.6*0.512*1.23*0.488*2.63*
C. oxyacantha (n = 5)
Control47.9300.20.1944.170.80625.45
2%42.6*215.6*0.242*3.41*0.758*20.15*
6%44.1ns231.8*0.231*3.57*0.769*21.94*
9%46.5ns195.5*0.293*2.83*0.707*12.65*
6% +−7°C38.1*110.5*0.397*1.65*0.603*2.45*
−1°C40.1*239.3*0.208ns3.91ns0.792ns19.54*
−3°C39.7*264.4*0.187*4.39*0.813ns25.75ns
−7°C35.6*110.9*0.382*1.74*0.618*3.18*
−7°C + 6%46.5ns136.2*0.406*1.76*0.594*5.54*
C. prunifolia (n = 6)
Control49.9239.20.2682.890.7227.80
2%48.6ns210.5*0.288ns2.64ns0.712ns7.05ns
6%51.2ns203.8*0.312ns2.42*0.688*5.61*
9%59.3*197.9*0.367*1.99*0.633*3.62*
6% + −7°C50.4ns78.0*0.671*0.55*0.330*3.26*
−1°C53.6ns247.6ns0.283ns2.74ns0.723ns9.08ns
−3°C53.0ns263.2*0.274ns3.19ns0.746ns10.11*
−7°C54.9ns88.3*0.654*0.54*0.346*0.27*
−7°C + 6%49.2ns78.1*0.668*0.54*0.332*0.65*
  • All values mean of n trees, 30 leaves per tree.

    Species = *, Freezing = *, Salt = *, Species × Freezing × Salt = *

  • ns = not significant,

  • * = P = 0.05.