## 3 Results
### Effect of Salinity and Alleviation Treatments on Fruit Physiological and Quality Parameters
The AGPM water content was highest under Blank conditions, without significant differences though from BETZ and GB treatments. The root water content was found to be lowest under BA treatment, while BETZ preserved root water at similar levels to the Blank treatment. On the other hand, none of the amelioration treatments resulted in a similar ratio of AGPM DW to Root DW to the Blank treatment. \begin{table}
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**Parameters** & **Sucrose** & **Glucose** & **Fructose** & **Total Sugars** & **SI** \\ \hline Blank & 4.25 \(\pm\) 0.2 ab & 8.09 \(\pm\) 0.1 ab & 8.70 \(\pm\) 0.2 ab & 21.28 \(\pm\) 0.4 a & 33.86 \(\pm\) 0.4 b \\ Control & 4.56 \(\pm\) 0.1 ab & 7.19 \(\pm\) 0.1 b & 7.83 \(\pm\) 0.1 b & 19.20 \(\pm\) 0.2 a & 31.37 \(\pm\) 0.b \\ BETZ & 3.38 \(\pm\) 0.1 b & 7.24 \(\pm\) 0.1 b & 8.05 \(\pm\) 0.1 b & 18.43 \(\pm\) 0.4 a & 30.32 \(\pm\) 0.3 c \\ BA & 5.34 \(\pm\) 0.1 ab & 9.19 \(\pm\) 0.1 a & 9.90 \(\pm\) 0.1 a & 24.96 \(\pm\) 0.1 a & 39.17 \(\pm\) 0.1 a \\ GB & 5.45 \(\pm\) 0.2 a & 8.15 \(\pm\) 0.1 ab & 8.85 \(\pm\) 0.1 ab & 21.83 \(\pm\) 0.2 a & 35.89 \(\pm\) 0.5 ab \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} Means (\(\pm\)standard error) within the same column followed by the same letter, are not significantly different based on the Tukey HSD test at a = 0.05.  
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Table 4: Salt stress and alleviating product application effects on the carbohydrate concentration (expressed as mg g\({}^{-1}\) fresh weight) and on the sweetness index (SI) of the strawberry fruit. \begin{table}
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**Parameters** & **Ascorbic Acid** & **Malic Acid** & **Citric Acid** & **Fumaric Acid** & **Total Acids** \\ \hline Blank & 0.030 \(\pm\) 0.01 b & 0.061 \(\pm\) 0.01 ab & 0.507 \(\pm\) 0.01 b & 0.0009 \(\pm\) 0.001 c & 0.601 \(\pm\) 0.1 b \\ Control & 0.047 \(\pm\) 0.01 a & 0.095 \(\pm\) 0.01 a & 0.658 \(\pm\) 0.01 a & 0.0033 \(\pm\) 0.001 a & 0.804 \(\pm\) 0.1 a \\ BETZ & 0.034 \(\pm\) 0.01 ab & 0.038 \(\pm\) 0.01 b & 0.532 \(\pm\) 0.01 b & 0.0013 \(\pm\) 0.001 b & 0.606 \(\pm\) 0.011 b \\ BA & 0.033 \(\pm\) 0.01 ab & 0.058 \(\pm\) 0.01 ab & 0.513 \(\pm\) 0.1 b & 0.0024 \(\pm\) 0.001 ab & 0.608 \(\pm\) 0.1 b \\ GB & 0.046 \(\pm\) 0.01 a & 0.087 \(\pm\) 0.01 a & 0.594 \(\pm\) 0.01 ab & 0.0027 \(\pm\) 0.001 ab & 0.731 \(\pm\) 0.01 ab \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} Means (\(\pm\)standard error) within the same column followed by the same letter, are not significantly different based on the Tukey HSD test at a = 0.05.  
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Table 5: Salt stress and alleviating product application effects on the strawberry fruit organic acid content (expressed as g 100 g\({}^{-1}\) fresh weight). Tooxicity symptoms appeared already from the end of the first sampling event, as can be seen in Figure 1. At the end of the second sampling event, significant differences were detected, as GB-treated plants presented lighter toxicity symptoms than Control plants. Nonetheless, at the end of the third sampling event, treatments did not seem to alleviate significantly the toxicity symptoms, although both GB- and BETZ-treated plants had a better overall appearance, based on their toxicity index.