Table 3.

The expression stability of candidate reference genes under salinity stress.

Rank	geNorm		NormFinder		deltaCt		Bestkeeper
	Gene	SV	Gene	SV	Gene	SV	Gene	SV
1	miR160e	0.216	U6 snRNA	0.012	U6 snRNA	0.617	U6 snRNA	0.208
2	miR164a	0.216	miR164a	0.012	miR164a	0.633	miR164a	0.269
3	U6 snRNA	0.228	EF1	0.014	miR160e	0.685	miR168	0.280
4	GAPDH	0.425	GAPDH	0.015	GAPDH	0.701	GAPDH	0.333
5	EF1	0.475	miR160e	0.016	EF1	0.711	ACT	0.363
6	miR168	0.531	ACT	0.018	ACT	0.732	miR160e	0.370
7	ACT	0.578	miR168	0.023	miR168	0.791	EF1	0.379
8	UBQ	0.620	UBQ	0.024	UBQ	0.842	UBQ	0.410
9	5.8S rRNA	0.788	5.8S rRNA	0.058	5.8S rRNA	1.375	5.8S rRNA	1.142