. 2014 Aug 19;6:plu047. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plu047

Table 8.

Cation and anion content against chloride, in seedlings of quinoa treated with different salts, expressed as percentages. *Different letters in the same column denote significant differences among treatments (P ≤ 0.05). The values correspond to the average of five replicates.

Treatments		Na⁺/cations	Cl⁻/anions	SO₄²⁻/Cl⁻	K⁺/Cl⁻	NH₄⁺/Cl⁻	Mg²⁺/Cl⁻	Ca²⁺/Cl⁻	Na⁺/Cl⁻
Control		15^d	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NaCl	200 mM	55^b	83^a	18^b	18^d	3^e	15^d	24^e	1.9^g
NaCl	400 mM	65^a	87^a	15^b	11^e	2.9^e	5^e	21^e	1.2^g
MgCl₂	26.73 mM	17^d	41^d	19^b	26^cd	36^b	46^b	63^c	62^c
MgCl₂	53.46 mM	11^e	85^a	18^b	21^d	18^c	49^b	50^d	4^f
CaCl₂	5.08 mM	9^e	42^d	16^b	37^c	54^a	23^c	70^b	110^b
CaCl₂	10.16 mM	2.6^f	78^b	4.7^c	13^e	20^c	9^e	78^a	149^a
KCl	5.08 mM	12^d	13^e	6.4^c	345^b	14^d	23^a	56^d	27^d
KCl	10.16 mM	6^e	71^c	4.0^c	654^a	5^e	21^c	52^d	26^d
SW	50 %	43^c	67^c	48^a	30^c	1.9^f	54^b	11^f	11^e