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Table 2.

Impact of exogenous ABA (50 µm) and fluridone (FLU) application on total leaf ABA concentration, water content (WC) and leaf stomatal conductance (g_leaf) in seedlings of Atriplex halimus issued from a coastal site (Monastir) or an inland area (Sbikha) and exposed for 10 d to control nutrient solution or to a nutrient solution containing 40 or 160 mm NaCl or 15 % PEG

		Total ABA (nmol g⁻¹ f. wt)		WC (in %)		g_leaf (cm s⁻¹)
	Population	50 µm ABA	FLU	50 µm ABA	FLU	50 µM ABA	FLU
Control	Monastir	5·13 ± 0·12^a	0·21 ± 0·05^a	85·6 ± 1·1^a	77·3 ± 0·8^a	0·27 ± 0·01^a	0·39 ± 0·04^a
	Sbikha	5·02 ± 0·22^a	0·35 ± 0·02^ab	84·5 ± 0·9^a	78·4 ± 1·1^a	0·24 ± 0·03^a	0·36 ± 0·03^a
40 mm NaCl	Monastir	5·27 ± 0·14^a	0·29 ± 0·02^a	84·9 ± 1·3^a	73·2 ± 1·0^b	0·25 ± 0·02^a	0·27 ± 0·03^b
	Sbikha	4·89 ± 0·18^a	0·25 ± 0·08^a	80·5 ± 0·8^a	69·5 ± 0·4^c	0·19 ± 0·01^b	0·23 ± 0·01^b
160 mm NaCl	Monastir	5·12 ± 0·23^a	0·42 ± 0·04^b	82·3 ± 1·7^a	75·4 ± 1·2^ab	0·30 ± 0·02^a	0·29 ± 0·02^b
	Sbikha	4·94 ± 0·38^a	0·25 ± 0·03^a	75·3 ± 2·4^b	67·4 ± 1·3^c	0·20 ± 0·03^ab	0·27 ± 0·03^b
15 % PEG	Monastir	4·98 ± 0·27^a	0·29 ± 0·07^a	84·9 ± 0·7^a	70·2 ± 0·5^bc	0·11 ± 0·02^c	0·49 ± 0·03^c
	Sbikha	5·05 ± 0·15^a	0·45 ± 0·02^b	83·1 ± 1·1^a	74·5 ± 1·7^b	0·12 ± 0·02^c	0·52 ± 0·05^c

Measurements were performed on fully expanded leaves. Each value is the mean of six replicates ± s.e. of the means. For a given parameter and a given time, values sharing a common superscript letter are not significantly different at P < 0·05.