Table 1.
Morphological comparison of 2 purslane genotypes “Tall Green” and “Shandong Wild” at 28 d of 0 mM, 100 mM, and 200 mM NaCl stress.
| Indexes | “TG” | “SD” | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 mM | 100 mM | 200 mM | 0 mM | 100 mM | 200 mM | |
| Number of leaves | 87.4 ± 6.3 a∗ | 79.4 ± 4.0 a | 56.8 ± 3.9 b | 145.4 ± 6.6 a∗∗ | 143.8 ± 5.6 a | 118.4 ± 2.2 b |
| Length of the stem (cm) | 43.8 ± 1.0 a | 42.4 ± 0.9 a | 37.9 ± 0.8 b | 23.6 ± 1.0 a | 24.1 ± 0.2 a | 21.6 ± 0.3 b |
| Diameter of the stem (mm) | 8.1 ± 0.3 a | 8.2 ± 0.2 a | 7.4 ± 0.1 b | 4.5 ± 0.1 b | 4.8 ± 0.0 a | 4.2 ± 0.0 c |
| Length of roots (cm) | 20.1 ± 1.7 b | 26.6 ± 1.8 a | 18.9 ± 0.7 b | 13.9 ± 1.5 a | 14.7 ± 1.0 a | 10.5 ± 0.1 b |
∗TG + ∗∗SD significantly showed a higher number of leaves at 0 mM salt concentration. Values are means, and bars indicate SDs. Columns with different asterisk (∗∗) indicate significant difference at P < 0.05 (Duncan test).