Table 3.

Cation (Na⁺ and K⁺) content in the Saltol-introgressed PB1 lines and the donor and recipient parents under salt-stressed and salt-unstressed treatments.

NILs	Unstressed						Salt stressed
	Shoot			Root			Shoot			Root
	Na+	K+	Na+/K+	Na+	K+	Na+/K+	Na+	K+	Na+/K+	Na+	K+	Na+/K+
NIL1	2.8a–f ∗	26.5b–d	0.11a–f	3.3ij	27.2a–c	0.12j	15.2i–l	23.6a–d	0.65b	20.7d–f	23.9b–e	0.86e–i
NIL2	2.7a–f	29.0a–d	0.09b–f	3.6e–j	17.7k	0.21a–d	13.8j–l	23.2a–d	0.60b	20.1e–g	20.8g–i	0.97c–f
NIL3	2.4c–f	28.9a–d	0.08c–f	5.1a	24.1c–f	0.21a–c	12.2l	22.0a–e	0.56b	19.5e–h	23.6b–f	0.82e–j
NIL4	3.4a–e	28.7a–d	0.12a–f	3.6f–j	18.0k	0.2a–f	24.5b–d	21.2a–e	1.16b	14.6m–o	15.1lm	0.98b–e
NIL5	2.1ef	32.4a–d	0.07ef	3.7e–j	21.9f–i	0.17e–i	23.0c–f	25.7a–c	0.89b	19.1e–h	26.3b	0.73f–j
NIL6	2.5b–f	28.7a–d	0.09b–f	3.4g–j	23.2e–g	0.15ij	22.4d–f	23.3a–d	0.96b	19.2e–h	23.0c–g	0.83e–j
NIL7	3.8a–e	26.8b–d	0.14a–e	4.7a–d	27.9ab	0.17e–i	27.0bc	25.0a–d	1.10b	20.9de	18.6i–k	1.13b–d
NIL8	2.7a–f	30.6a–d	0.09b–f	5.0ab	29.0a	0.17d–i	21.2d–h	22.5a–d	0.94b	11.0q	16.3k–m	0.68g–j
NIL9	3.5a–e	31.2a–d	0.11a–f	4.3b–e	18.2jk	0.23a	18.7f–i	21.6a–e	0.86b	24.0c	19.6h–j	1.22b
NIL10	4.3a–c	25.2c–e	0.18a	4.8a–c	27.2a-c	0.17c–i	12.4kl	12.2e	1.21b	18.2g–j	20.6g–i	0.88d–i
NIL11	4.5ab	30.3a–d	0.15a–d	4.1c–g	26.6a–c	0.16g–j	13.2kl	28.1ab	0.47b	14.0no	21.1f–i	0.66h–j
NIL12	2.4c–f	31.1a–d	0.08d–f	3.3h–j	19.0i–k	0.18c–i	13.9j–l	17.9c–e	0.78b	11.3pq	15.3lm	0.74e–j
NIL13	2.6b–f	17.7e	0.15a–d	4.7a–d	25.3b–e	0.19b–h	16.2i–l	21.3a–e	0.76b	11.3pq	16.7k–m	0.68g–j
NIL14	2.6b–f	26.7b–d	0.10b–f	4.0d–h	21.4f–i	0.19b–h	25.6b–d	24.7a–d	1.05b	13.4op	14.5m	0.92d–g
NIL15	2.8a–f	27.0b–d	0.11a–f	5.1a	21.9f–i	0.23a	27.1bc	24.6a–d	1.15b	26.7b	22.6d–g	1.18bc
NIL16	4.1a–e	28.5a–d	0.14a–e	3.0j	19.6h–k	0.16g–j	17.7g–j	15.5de	1.22b	13.8no	20.6g–i	0.67h–j
NIL17	3.1a–f	34.9a	0.09b–f	4.2c–f	22.9e–g	0.18b–i	21.5d–g	24.8a–d	0.87b	16.2j–m	22.9d–g	0.71g–j
NIL18	2.9a–f	32.9a–c	0.09b–f	4.2c–f	21.2f–j	0.2a–e	23.5b–e	22.9a–d	1.03b	18.7f–i	21.8e–h	0.86e–i
NIL19	4.4ab	32.0a–d	0.14a–e	4.2c–f	19.6h–k	0.22ab	24.9b–d	24.7a–d	1.01b	15.9k–n	24.9b–d	0.64ij
NIL20	1.3f	31.8a–d	0.04f	5.1a	26.8a–c	0.19b–g	16.9h–k	18.1c–e	0.94b	13.6o	17.5j–l	0.78e–j
NIL21	2.2d–f	33.8ab	0.07ef	3.9e–i	18.9i–k	0.20a–e	22.6c–f	22.7a–d	0.99b	19.1e–h	21.2f–i	0.90d–h
NIL22	4.1a–d	24.9de	0.17ab	4.2c–f	23.4d–f	0.18c–i	22.1d–g	18.6b–e	1.20b	17.0i–l	19.8h–j	0.86e–i
NIL23	4.6a	29.0a–d	0.16a–c	4.1c–g	26.5a–d	0.15h–j	22.9c–f	26.9a–c	0.85b	15.4l–o	25.6bc	0.60j
NIL24	4.3a–c	32.8a–c	0.13a–e	3.5g–j	21.3f–j	0.16f–i	19.4e–i	23.4a–d	0.83b	17.8h–k	20.4g–i	0.87e–i
PB1	3.2a–f	25.5cd	0.13a–e	3.8e–i	20.1g–k	0.19b–h	34.4a	12.2e	2.83a	22.3cd	8.2n	2.72a
FL478	3.6a–e	28.6a–d	0.13a–e	5.2a	22.3e–h	0.23a	27.9b	29.4a	0.95b	29.3a	30.4a	0.96c–f
CV (%)	15.25	6.48	17.33	4.12	3.33	4.82	5.30	10.84	19.34	2.88	3.17	6.57
SE	0.49	1.88	0.02	0.17	0.76	0.01	1.10	2.40	0.19	0.51	0.65	0.06

^∗Means followed by the same letter are statistically not different at p < 0.05, by Tukey's honest significance test. CV: coefficient of variation; SE: standard error.