Effects of ΝaCl and SiO<sub>2</sub> on total chlorophyll, carotenoids and lycopene of two tomato cultivars (5 replications) Quality characteristics are the mean of 5 measurements. Means in the same column followed by different letters are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).

Table 2: Effects of ΝaCl and SiO₂ on total chlorophyll, carotenoids and lycopene of two tomato cultivars (5 replications) Quality characteristics are the mean of 5 measurements. Means in the same column followed by different letters are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).

Treatments	Chl (a + b) mg g^-1 DW	Carotenoids μg g^-1 FW	Lycopene mg 10^-2 g^-1 FW
Control cv bacioty	11.7^c	6.4^c	17.9^b
Si (2.5 mM)	12.6^d	8.3^d	19.7^b
Si (5.0 mM)	10.1^b	5.2^b	20.1^b
NaCl	7.2^a	4.1^a	14.7^a
NaCl + Si	8.6^a	5.3^a	18.2^b
NaCl + Si	10.9^b	7.2^b	18.9^b
Control cv. de barao chornyy	12.4^c	5.2^b	35^c
Si (2.5 mM)	13.2^d	7.4^c	30.4^c
Si (5.0 mM)	12.1^c	5.9^b	33.2^c
NaCl	7.9^a	3.6^a	21.6^a
NaCl + Si	9.3^ab	4.7^ab	28.9^b
NaCl + Si	11.0^b	5.8^b	29.5^b

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