Table 2.

Effect of salinity on FAME profile in leaves of four C. maritimum genotypes. Values in the table are mean fatty acid (as % of total fatty acids) (n = 3). Values denoted by different letters are significantly different, P < 0.05.

FAME	Genotype
	FR			HB			IS			PO
	Salinity (mM NaCl)
	0	50	100	0	50	100	0	50	100	0	50	100
16 : 0	19.9bc	19.2bc	18.4c	22.3a	20.2bc	21.1ab	19.0c	18.8c	19.0c	19.3bc	19.0c	18.9c
16 : 1	3.2bc	2.9bc	3.0bc	2.5c	3.0bc	2.6bc	4.1a	3.4ab	3.2bc	2.5c	2.6bc	2.9bc
16 : 1 pg	2.5e	2.4e	2.2e	3.3a	3.1ab	3.4a	2.7cd	2.8cd	2.9c	2.9bc	2.8cd	2.8c
16 : 2	0.5b	0.5Ab	0.6b	0.0e	0.3cd	0.5b	0.1de	0.5bc	0.7b	0.5b	0.6b	0.9a
16 : 3ω3	6.4b	6.4b	6.2b	8.6a	9.3a	9.9a	9.1a	9.5a	10.0a	9.8a	9.5a	9.5a
18 : 0	2.5ab	2.5ab	2.6a	2.4abc	2.0d	2.1cd	2.4abc	2.2bcd	2.3bcd	2.1cd	2.2bcd	2.4abc
18 : 1ω9	1.7bcd	1.6bcde	1.8bc	1.2cde	1.1e	1.2de	1.5bcde	1.8bc	2.0ab	2.0ab	1.8bc	2.4a
18 : 2	32.3a	33.2ab	33.9a	29.9cd	28.1ef	26.9f	29.1cde	29.4cde	28.8de	29.3cde	30.4c	30.0cd
18 : 3ω3	30.7a	31.3a	31.1a	29.2a	32.2a	31.4a	31.Aa	31.2a	30.7a	31.0a	30.2a	29.3a
Others	0.4cdef	0.0f	0.2def	0.6abcd	0.6abcd	1.0a	0.1ef	0.5bcde	0.6abcde	0.6abcd	0.9ab	0.7abc
Total FAME (%DW)	2.3bcd	2.2bcd	2.3bcd	1.9d	2.4abc	2.4abc	2.1cd	2.5ab	2.7a	2.7a	2.5ab	2.5abc
Total ω3	37.1c	37.7bc	37.3c	37.9bc	41.5a	41.2a	40.9ab	40.6ab	40.7ab	40.8ab	39.7abc	38.8abc