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. 2017 Feb 14;8:187. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00187

Table 3.

Trait comparisons of 6 Miscanthus genotypes with high leaf Na+ ion concentrations under salt stress, grown at 150 mM NaCl on hydroponics.

Genotype OPM-47 OPM-49 OPM-57 OPM-66 OPM-67 OPM-94 Average of 70 genotypes
Tiller number 0 2.25 2 1.25 2.25 0 1.73
Dead leaves (%) 50 32 35 40 40 56 28
Leaf Na+ (mg/g) 47.22 30.36 26.32 33.62 24.35 20.66 12.55
Root Na+ (mg/g) 56.5 32.85 33.33 50.99 34.58 29.81 37.23
Leaf K+ (mg/g) 20.45 21.44 21.66 19.81 13.69 17.58 20.67
Biomass (g) 0.23 0.63 0.82 0.35 0.64 0.31 0.77
Salt tolerance (%) 41 44 29 41 54 50 43
K+/Na+ in leaf 0.43 0.71 0.82 0.59 0.56 0.85 2.08
Leaf Na+/Root Na+ 0.84 0.92 0.79 0.66 0.70 0.69 0.34