. 2014 Oct 9;55:70. doi: 10.1186/s40529-014-0070-6

Table 2.

Effect of different salinity levels on the concentrations of Cl ^- , K ⁺ , Na ⁺ and the ratio of K ⁺ to Na ⁺ in apple roots inoculated and non-inoculated with Glomus versiforme

Treatment	Non-inoculation					Inoculation
Treatment		Cl^-(g kg^-1)	K⁺(g kg^-1)	Na⁺(g kg^-1)	K⁺/Na⁺	Cl^-(g kg^-1)	K⁺(g kg^-1)	Na⁺(g kg^-1)	K⁺/Na⁺
0	30	0.0872^f	1.529^d	0.0565^f	27.062^a	0.0809^e	1.533^f	0.0533^e	28.77^a
	60	0.0982^f	1.720^bc	0.0636^f	27.044^a	0.0856^e	1.777^f	0.0612^de	29.02^a
	90	0.1272^e	2.060^a	0.0824^e	25.000^b	0.0933^e	2.130^e	0.0795^d	26.79^b
2‰	30	0.2919^d	1.393^e	0.1891^d	7.366^c	0.1713^d	3.150^d	0.1110^c	28.38^a
	60	0.3911^c	1.606^cd	0.2534^c	6.338^d	0.2249^c	4.173^bc	0.1457^c	28.64^a
	90	0.5126^b	1.870^b	0.3321^b	5.631^e	0.3428^b	5.795^a	0.2221^b	26.09^b
4‰	30	0.3459^c	1.154^f	0.2241^c	5.149^e	0.2357^c	3.483^cd	0.1527	22.81^c
	60	0.5581^ab	1.304^e	0.3616^ab	3.606^f	0.3856^b	5.181^ab	0.2498^ab	20.74^d
	90	×	×	×	×	0.4820^a	5.325^a	0.3123^a	17.05^e
6‰	30	0.6013^a	1.071^f	0.3896^a	2.749^j	0.3535^b	3.774^c	0.2290^b	16.48^e
	60	×	×	×	×	0.5035^a	4.521^b	0.3262^a	13.86^f
	90	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×

^aValues of each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 0.05 level. Each value represents the mean of 6 replicates. Numerals 30, 60 and 90 stand for sampling times (days) after salinity treatment. The sign “×” denotes that apple plants were dead.