Table 5.

Effect of salinity on transpiration rate of 13 purslane accessions.

Accession number	Transpiration rate (% reduction and increase)
	8 dS m−1	16 dS m−1	24 dS m−1	32 dS m−1
Ac1	9.78	26.09	47.83	+3.26
Ac2	25.23	40.54	50.45	63.06
Ac3	41.67	30.30	50.76	72.73
Ac4	19.09	30.91	20.91	67.27
Ac5	34.09	53.03	73.48	34.09
Ac6	41.46	32.52	44.72	64.23
Ac7	32.23	43.80	50.41	+42.15
Ac8	22.22	43.52	47.22	63.89
Ac9	+27.27	+12.12	27.27	+36.36
Ac10	21.62	38.74	48.65	64.86
Ac11	20.72	31.53	38.74	48.65
Ac12	30.67	36.00	49.33	58.67
Ac13	24.05	26.58	41.77	13.92
Mean	26.31	35.50	47.09	40.96

The plus symbol (+) indicates % increase of transpiration rate.