. 2019 Nov 21;9:17229. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53542-2

Table 1.

Mitotic index and phase indices of root tip cells of H. vulgare L. after pretreatment with 1 mM l-carnitine and unpretreated group germinated in distilled water (negative control; 0 M NaCl) were shown under various salt stress concentrations.

Treatment	Mitotic Index (MI)	Mitotic Index (%)	Prophase Indice (I_p)	Metaphase Indice (I_M)	Anaphase Indice (I_A)	Telophase Indice (I_T)
0 M NaCl (Negative Control)	*0.17 ± 0.04^b	17	0.12 ± 0.04^bc	0.04 ± 0.02^d	0.00 ± 0.00^a	0.00 ± 0.00^a
0.25 M NaCl	0.16 ± 0.01^ab	16	0.09 ± 0.04^b	0.02 ± 0.01^abc	0.00 ± 0.00^a	0.00 ± 0.00^a
0.30 M NaCl	0.14 ± 0.01^ab	14	0.05 ± 0.01^a	0.01 ± 0.00^a	0.00 ± 0.00^a	0.00 ± 0.00^a
0.35 M NaCl	0.12 ± 0.01^a	12	0.03 ± 0.01^a	0.01 ± 0.01^ab	0.00 ± 0.00^a	0.00 ± 0.00^a
0 M NaCl + 1 mM LC (Positive Control)	0.07 ± 0.01^a	7	0.04 ± 0.01^a	0.02 ± 0.01^c	0.00 ± 0.00^a	0.00 ± 0.00^a
0.25 M NaCl + 1 mM LC	0.28 ± 0.08^c	28	0.19 ± 0.05^d	0.02 ± 0.01^bc	0.01 ± 0.01^a	0.01 ± 0.01^a
0.30 M NaCl + 1 mM LC	0.24 ± 0.01^c	24	0.16 ± 0.02 ^cd	0.02 ± 0.01^c	0.02 ± 0.01^b	0.02 ± 0.01^c
0.35 M NaCl + 1 mM LC	0.14 ± 0.02^ab	14	0.05 ± 0.01^a	0.01 ± 0.00^abc	0.01 ± 0.01^a	0.01 ± 0.01^b

*Values with insignificant difference (p ≤ 0.05) for each column are indicated with same letters (means ± SD).