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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: New Phytol. 2006;170(3):615–629. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01687.x

Table A1.

Concentrations in tissue water of sodium, potassium, and sulfur in a salt tolerance experiment with the hybrid species Helianthus paradoxus and its progenitors Helianthus annuus and Helianthus petiolaris

H. annuus H. paradoxus H. petiolaris
Sodium (mmol l−1)
Nonsaline 2.608 (1.816–3.745) 16.28 (13.66–19.40) 4.298 (3.107–5.944)
Field-like 11.818 (8.239–16.842) 242.1 (216.2–271.1) 52.435 (41.312–66.552)
K addition 8.059 (5.380–12.073) 252.0 (219.6–289.4) 45.908 (30.570–68.492)
Ca & Mg reduction 9.675 (6.966–13.437) 268.6 (238.7–302.3) 31.197 (23.164–42.015)
Potassium (mmol l−1)
Nonsaline 369.5 (323.8–415.3) 286.6 (251.3–321.8) 430.7 (394.4–467.0)
Field-like 492.1 (420.3–563.9) 121.3 (96.4–146.2) 503.7 (452.6–554.8)
K addition 493.9 (432.9–555.0) 145.4 (116.0–174.7) 497.2 (455.0–539.4)
Ca & Mg reduction 470.3 (402.3–538.4) 106.3 (84.9–127.8) 481.5 (444.0–520.0)
Sulfur (mmol l−1)
Nonsaline 18.95 (15.27–23.50) 64.68 (57.40–72.90) 24.54 (21.77–27.66)
Field-like 16.33 (13.37–19.94) 77.09 (67.00–88.70) 15.97 (14.29–17.86)
K addition 16.50 (13.41–20.30) 85.66 (72.55–101.15) 16.54 (15.64–18.69)
Ca & Mg reduction 15.57 (12.88–18.82) 82.78 (72.45–94.58) 15.16 (13.55–16.95)

Means (potassium) or medians (sodium and sulfur) are given with 95% confidence intervals.