Table 4.

Mineral contents of Acacia gerrardii under salt stress after inoculation with B. subtilis and AMF alone and in combination.

Treatments		Accumulation of elements (mg/g dry weight)
	Na	K	Mg	Ca	Cl	N	P
0 mM NaCl	Control	11.3 ± 0.9	28.3 ± 2.5	2.1 ± 0.2	2.8 ± 0.2	8.1 ± 0.6	94.8 ± 8.2	1.6 ± 0.1
	BS	15.7 ± 1.2	32.9 ± 3.1	3.5 ± 0.3	4.0 ± 0.3	5.2 ± 0.3	142.0 ± 12.4	1.8 ± 0.1
	AMF	12.4 ± 1.1	29.6 ± 2.7	2.2 ± 0.2	3.6 ± 0.3	7.0 ± 0.5	116.7 ± 10.3	2.9 ± 0.2
	BS + AMF	17.0 ± 1.4	35.1 ± 3.2	2.8 ± 0.2	4.6 ± 0.4	4.6 ± 0.2	159.6 ± 13.5	3.2 ± 0.2
250 mM NaCl	Control	37.3 ± 3.1	13.3 ± 1.1	0.7 ± 0.04	1.1 ± 0.06	27.2 ± 1.9	26.2 ± 2.3	0.6 ± 0.04
	BS	26.2 ± 2.4	23.5 ± 2.1	1.6 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.2	13.7 ± 1.1	78.9 ± 6.4	1.0 ± 0.07
	AMF	28.8 ± 2.5	18.3 ± 1.6	1.0 ± 0.08	2.0 ± 0.2	19.4 ± 1.7	65.3 ± 6.1	1.2 ± 0.1
	BS + AMF	25.0 ± 2.3	26.6 ± 2.4	1.8 ± 0.1	2.4 ± 0.2	11.0 ± 0.8	88.1 ± 7.6	1.4 ± 0.1
	LSD p < 0.05	1.51	0.54	0.11	0.25	0.28	2.14	0.16

Na, sodium; K, potassium; Mg, magnesium; Ca, calcium; N, nitrogen; P, phosphorous; ±, standard deviation.