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. 2018 Aug 13;13(8):e0199933. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199933

Table 2. Correlation coefficient between reduction in seedling growth and biomass, seedling survival, alkaline scores, Na+, K+ and Na/K rat ratio attributes of alkalinity stress grown in the hydroponic at 40 mM NaHCO3 and in the field condition.

RGM RSG R.BIOMASS SS SCORE RSYH H T Na+ H T K+ YLD 13 YLD 14 YLD 15 FTNa+ FTK+ FNa/K+ HNa/K+
RGM
RSG 0.987**
R.BIOMASS 0.991** 0.977**
SS 0.974** 0.957** 0.968**
SCORE -0.976** -0.970** -0.968** -0.977**
RSYH 0.939** 0.945** 0.935** 0.923** -0.965**
H T Na+ -0.971** -0.959** -0.963** -0.952** 0.971** -0.946**
H T K+ 0.946** 0.961** 0.949** 0.934** -0.951** 0.956** -0.933**
YLD 13 0.906** 0.889** 0.880** 0.866** -0.847** -0.792** -0.832** 0.792**
YLD 14 0.970** 0.963** 0.957** 0.965** -0.975** -0.957** -0.960** -0.939** 0.951**
F TNa+ -0.109 -0.115 -0.080 -0.115 0.129 -0.131 0.045 -0.106 -0.190 -0.021 -0.062
F TK+ 0.114 0.080 0.099 0.109 -0.081 0.009 -0.052 -0.045 0.265 0.204 0.196 -0.932**
F Na/K+ -0.360 -0.346 -0.331 -0.354 0.354 -0.323 0.285 -0.298 -0.434 -0.287 -0.313 0.285 -0.298**
H Na/K+ -0.991** -0.991** -0.985** -0.973** 0.984** -0.958** 0.982** -0.971** -0.872** -0.973** -0.953** 0.982** -0.971** 0.313

RGM = Reduction germination; R.S.G = Reduction seedling growth; R. biomass = Reduction biomass; SS = Seedling survival; RSYH = Reduction seed yield hydroponic; HT Na+ = Hydroponic total sodium; HT K+ = Hydroponic total potassium; YLD 13 = Yield-2013; YLD14 = Yield 2014; YLD15 = Yield 2015; F TNa+ = Field total sodium; F TK+ = Field total potassium; F Na+/K+ = Field sodium, potassium ratio; H Na/K+ = Hydroponic sodium / potassium ratio.

** indicates (P<0.001).