Table 3.
Ion concentrations (means of five selected genotypes of C. arietinum) grown on an artificial saline soil at Wye College, UK
| ECe (dS m–1) | Na (µmol g–1) | K (µmol g–1) | Ca (µmol g–1) | Mg (µmol g–1) | Cl (µmol g–1) | SO4 (µmol g–1) | Pi (µmol g–1) | NO3 (µmol g–1) |
| 1·0 | 193 | 176 | 577 | 86·4 | 86·4 | 40·2 | 21·5 | 1·3 |
| 3·2 | 167 | 202 | 572 | 76·9 | 697 | 51·5 | 20·1 | 0·5 |
| 6·2 | 209 | 178 | 453 | 67·8 | 996 | 46·0 | 22·2 | 0·8 |
| 8·1 | 289 | 294 | 465 | 76·9 | 1158 | 47·7 | 32·5 | 2·4 |
| LSD P = 0·05 | 55 | 36 | 80 | N.S. | 69·1 | N.S. | 3·2 | 0·8 |
Plants were harvested 60 d after sowing. Data are on a shoot dry mass basis.
Pi, Phosphate.