Table 6.

Influence of film-forming polymers on height and leaf area of evergreen oak under field conditions after applications of 6% salt (NaCl) at week 1 and months 1 and 3 after polymer application.

Treatment	Week 1		Month 1		Month 3
Treatment	Height (m)	Leaf area (cm²) × 10²	Height	Leaf area (cm²) × 10²	Height	Leaf area (cm²) × 10²
Control	1.00	21.9	0.95	21.7	1.06	23.1
Nu Film P 1%	0.98^{^ns}	24.0^{^ns}	0.96^{^ns}	23.1^{^ns}	0.89^{^ns}	22.0^{^ns}
Nu Film P 2%	1.03^{^ns}	23.7^{^ns}	0.94^{^ns}	20.6^{^ns}	1.05^{^ns}	19.3^{^ns}
Spray Gard 1%	1.08^{^ns}	22.6^{^ns}	1.04^{^ns}	21.6^{^ns}	0.97^{^ns}	21.9^{^ns}
Spray Gard 2%	0.99^{^ns}	21.5^{^ns}	0.99^{^ns}	22.3^{^ns}	1.04^{^ns}	22.3^{^ns}
Bond 1%	1.30^{^z}	31.1^{^z}	1.36^{^z}	29.2^{^z}	1.14^{^ns}	26.5^{^ns}
Bond 2%	1.23^{^z}	30.8^{^z}	1.23^{^z}	28.9^{^z}	1.19^{^ns}	28.0^{^ns}
Crop Spray 1%	1.27^{^z}	30.4^{^z}	0.98^{^ns}	25.1^{^ns}	0.96^{^ns}	21.3^{^ns}
Crop Spray 2%	1.24^{^z}	27.9^{^z}	1.00^{^ns}	21.4^{^ns}	1.04^{^ns}	18.7^{^ns}
LSD	0.166	5.29	0.170	4.48	0.164	5.40

All values mean of five trees.
↵^zSignificantly different from controls according to least significant difference (LSD) at P < 0.05.
↵^ns = not significant different from control value.