Effects of differentially expressed microRNAs induced by rootstocks and silicon on improving chilling tolerance of cucumber seedlings (Cucumis sativus L.)

Table 1 Effects of rootstocks and silicon on chilling tolerance of cucumber seedlings

Treatments	Plant height (cm·plant^− 1)	Stem diameter (mm·plant^− 1)	Leaf area (cm² ·plant^− 1)	Shoot Fresh weight (g·plant^− 1)	Shoot Dry weight (g·plant^− 1)	Chilling damage index (score)
CC	5.43 ± 0.31a	5.94 ± 0.17b	102.43 ± 5.19a	8.90 ± 0.64ab	1.19 ± 0.06a	0.00 ± 0.00d
TC	2.84 ± 0.14d	4.83 ± 0.14c	64.05 ± 1.02c	5.88 ± 0.17c	0.90 ± 0.03b	0.53 ± 0.11a
TS	3.45 ± 0.03c	5.25 ± 0.06c	71.32 ± 1.70c	6.26 ± 0.11c	0.93 ± 0.02b	0.35 ± 0.07b
TH	4.35 ± 0.08b	5.97 ± 0.12b	90.36 ± 3.32b	7.85 ± 0.15b	1.14 ± 0.03a	0.28 ± 0.05bc
TY	5.31 ± 0.10a	6.56 ± 0.11a	107.69 ± 3.62a	9.38 ± 0.14a	1.26 ± 0.03a	0.21 ± 0.03c

CC: Self-rooted cucumber seedlings were grown in nutrient solution and maintained at 28 ± 1 °C/18 ± 1 °C. TC: Self-rooted cucumber seedlings were grown in nutrient solution and maintained at 10 ± 1 °C/5 ± 1 °C. TS: Self-rooted cucumber seedlings were grown in nutrient solution with 0.5 mmol·L^− 1 Na₂SiO₃·9H₂O and maintained at 10 ± 1 °C/5 ± 1 °C. TH: ‘Huangchenggen No. 2’-grafted cucumber seedlings were grown in nutrient solution and maintained at 10 ± 1 °C/5 ± 1 °C. TY: ‘Yunnan figleaf gourd’-grafted cucumber seedlings were grown in nutrient solution and maintained at 10 ± 1 °C/5 ± 1 °C. Different letters indicate significant differences at 0.05 level. The same is as follows

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