Fig. 4.

Change in ¹³C accumulation in developing fruits of plants grown under control and saline conditions. (A) Control (0 mM NaCl), (B) saline conditions (160 mM NaCl). Open and shaded columns indicate the time for sampling at 24 h and 48 h after feeding ¹³C-labelled carbon dioxide, respectively. (C) ¹³C accumulation in fruit per day calculated based on the mean values from (A) and (B). Open and shaded columns indicate control and salinity treatments. The horizontal axis indicates fruit developing stages. 10–14 DAF and 18–26 DAF correspond to the immature green and mature green stages, respectively. Values are means ±SD (n=3). The asterisks in (A) and (B) indicate statistical significance of the means in the same developing stage estimated using Fisher's PLSD test (*P <0.05, **P <0.01).