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. 2014 Nov 11;5:631. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00631

Table 3.

Shoot and root Na concentrations (mg/g, dry weight) and contents (mg/plant) of four wheat cultivars treated with two K levels (40, 100 mg K/kg) and five Na levels (0, 25, 50, 100, 200 mg Na/kg) for 8 weeks (n = 3).

Measured parameters cvv
Wyalkatchem
Cranbrook
Gutha
Gamenya
Na K40 K100 K40 K100 K40 K100 K40 K100
Shoot Na concentration HSD0.05 = 1.5 Nil Na 0.09 0.15 0.11 0.08 0.12 0.13 0.11 0.12
Na25 0.18 0.23 0.33 0.18 0.26 0.33 0.29 0.33
Na50 0.61 0.49 0.82 0.42 0.82 0.54 1.07 0.49
Na100 1.16 1.51 2.11 1.27 1.48 2.36 2.55 1.61
Na200 2.76 2.72 3.71 2.81 4.00 2.89 3.34 2.71

Root Na concentration HSD0.05 = 3.57 Nil Na 2.74 1.56 1.76 1.32 3.07 1.32 2.92 1.32
Na25 4.23 4.01 4.9 4.94 7.73 6.23 5.22 4.62
Na50 7.72 8.47 7.14 8.79 9.57 7.48 9.21 8.93
Na100 10.1 10.03 12.1 12.3 10.6 12.8 10.9 8.65
Na200 16.5 12.9 15.4 18.5 16.5 14.6 18.4 15.6

Shoot Na content HSD0.05 = 6.2 Nil Na 0.42 0.91 0.52 0.49 0.52 0.99 0.47 0.83
Na25 0.90 1.30 1.53 1.11 1.28 2.41 1.38 2.10
Na50 3.05 2.92 4.51 2.33 3.82 3.93 4.91 3.21
Na100 5.31 7.94 9.48 6.94 5.43 10.9 10.5 8.93
Na200 8.77 10.9 12.6 13.5 12.1 13.1 8.04 11.0

Root Na content HSD0.05 = 6.3 Nil Na 4.13 3.18 3.44 3.22 2.68 2.62 2.89 2.95
Na25 9.86 11.6 12.8 14.9 8.87 13.5 6.34 7.62
Na50 15.9 24.1 17.9 22.4 11.0 14.5 9.50 15.2
Na100 16.9 22.0 15.7 22.3 7.60 14.1 9.50 12.6
Na200 14.1 19.4 16.0 21.6 9.19 10.6 6.79 10.9

See Table 2 for statistical summary of main effects and interactions of the treatments.