Research Article

Growth and Physiological Responses of Phaseolus Species to Salinity Stress

Table 3

Leaf water relations (MPa) of Phaseolus species after 20 days salt exposurez.

Genotypes salt (mM NaCl)
Control 6090

PvWT
PvCS
PaWS
PaCT

Na + K + Cl
 PvWT
 PvCS
 PaWS
 PaCT

Glu + Fru + Suc
 PvWT
 PvCS
 PaWS
 PaCT

Data are for osmotic potential at full turgor of control and salt treatments, the degree of osmotic adjustment ( , as the difference of between the salt treatments and control plants), the contribution of , , and and glucose (Glu), Fructose (Fru) and Sucrose (Suc) to at 20 d. Values show means ± s.e. ( ).