Table 5 Interaction of irrigation treatments (I₁ = 100%, I₂ = 85% and I₃ = 70% ETc), kaolin application (K₁ = 0%, K₂ = 3% and K₃ = 6%) and cultivars (Golab and Shafi Abadi) on chlorophyll index (CI), yield and water use efficiency (WUE)

I₁

K₁

38.73^d–g

46.90^a–c

28.00^gh

24.00^gh

2.35^hj

2.01^ij

K₂

41.00^c–f

49.43^ab

42.00^c–f

22.33^gh

3.49^eh

1.85^j

K₃

37.96^e–g

51.9^a

19.66 ^h

24.33^gh

1.61^j

2.03^ij

I₂

K₁

42.43^b–e

40.13^c–g

50.00^b

42.00^c–f

5.01^b–d

4.20^cf

K₂

34.40^gf

47.23^a–c

72.66^a

27.66^gh

7.28^a

2.77^gj

K₃

37.23^e–g

46.06^a–d

57.66^b

33.00^e–g

5.77^b

3.31^ei

I₃

K₁

22.8 ^h

33.33 ^g

46.00^b–c

30.00^f–h

5.7^4b

3.74^d–g

K₂

24.96 ^h

38.90^d–g

34.66^d–g

20.33 ^h

4.33^ce

2.51^gj

K₃

32.96 ^g

33.80^gf

42.66^c–e

23.33^gh

5.32^bc

2.91^fj