The researchers studied how different levels of salt in water affect soil and plant properties in a green bean field in Italy. They looked at the spatial patterns and relationships between these parameters. They found that under high salt levels, there was a lot of variation in soil and plant characteristics across the field. The 6 dSm -1 salinity treatment showed similar spatial structures for the compared variables. However, under the 3 dSm -1 treatment, there was no significant correlation between the variables. Overall, the crop's response to moderate salt levels was not significantly different from low salt levels, suggesting that the plants were not greatly affected by these levels of salinity.