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Table 5.

Effect of NaCl on germination and germination recovery of seeds of Suaeda aralocaspica

	Salinity (mmol L⁻¹)	Initial germination (%, mean ± s.e.)	Recovery percentage (mean ± s.e.)	Final germination (%, mean ± s.e.)	Total viable seeds (%, mean ± s.e.)	Viable ungerminated seed (%, mean ± s.e.)
Brown seeds	0	94 ± 4^a	25 ± 25^b	95 ± 4^a	100 ± 0^a	5 ± 4^c
	200	80 ± 5^ab	51 ± 17^ab	93 ± 1^a	100 ± 0^a	7 ± 1^c
	400	48 ± 7^c	79 ± 7^ab	88 ± 5^a	100 ± 0^a	12 ± 5^c
	600	53 ± 11^bc	86 ± 3^a	94 ± 2^a	100 ± 0^a	6 ± 2^c
	800	31 ± 4^cd	79 ± 4^ab	85 ± 4^ab	100 ± 0^a	15 ± 4^bc
	1000	22 ± 2^d	83 ± 7^a	87 ± 5^a	100 ± 0^a	13 ± 5^c
	1400	10 ± 1^e	76 ± 9^ab	78 ± 8^ab	100 ± 0^a	22 ± 8^bc
	2000	0 ± 0^f	51 ± 4^ab	51 ± 4^c	100 ± 0^a	49 ± 4^a
	4000	0 ± 0^f	61 ± 8^ab	61 ± 8^bc	100 ± 0^a	39 ± 8^ab
Black seeds, unstratified	0	24 ± 5^a	23 ± 6^a	41 ± 6^a	100 ± 0^a	59 ± 6^c
	200	9 ± 3^ab	12 ± 3^abc	19 ± 5^b	100 ± 0^a	81 ± 5^b
	400	2 ± 1^b	15 ± 3^abc	17 ± 3^bc	100 ± 0^a	83 ± 3^ab
	600	0 ± 0^b	7 ± 2^abc	7 ± 2^bc	100 ± 0^a	93 ± 2^ab
	800	1 ± 1^b	10 ± 4^abc	11 ± 3^bc	100 ± 0^a	89 ± 3^ab
	1000	0 ± 0^b	20 ± 5^ab	20 ± 5^b	100 ± 0^a	80 ± 5^b
	1400	0 ± 0^b	3 ± 1^bc	3 ± 1^bc	100 ± 0^a	97 ± 1^ab
	2000	0 ± 0^b	1 ± 1^c	1 ± 1^c	100 ± 0^a	99 ± 1^a
	4000	0 ± 0^b	3 ± 3^bc	3 ± 3^bc	100 ± 0^a	97 ± 3^ab
Black seeds after 8 weeks cold stratification	0	78 ± 2^a	11 ± 7^c	81 ± 3^a	100 ± 0^a	19 ± 3^c
	200	65 ± 9^ab	28 ± 14^bc	73 ± 8^ab	100 ± 0^a	27 ± 8^bc
	400	58 ± 7^a	50 ± 11^ab	77 ± 6^ab	100 ± 0^a	23 ± 6^bc
	600	35 ± 4^bc	54 ± 3^ab	70 ± 1^ab	100 ± 0^a	30 ± 1^bc
	800	18 ± 7^cd	43 ± 8^abc	53 ± 8^bc	100 ± 0^a	47 ± 8^ab
	1000	10 ± 3^d	65 ± 8^a	68 ± 8^abc	100 ± 0^a	32 ± 8^abc
	1400	0 ± 0^e	60 ± 3^ab	60 ± 3^abc	100 ± 0^a	40 ± 3^abc
	2000	0 ± 0^e	53 ± 3^ab	53 ± 3^bc	100 ± 0^a	47 ± 3^ab
	4000	0 ± 0^e	44 ± 4^abc	44 ± 4^c	100 ± 0^a	56 ± 4^a

Different lower-case letters in each column for the same seed type indicate significant differences across all concentrations of NaCl.