Research Article

Marker-Assisted Introgression of Saltol QTL Enhances Seedling Stage Salt Tolerance in the Rice Variety “Pusa Basmati 1”

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.

NILsUnstressedSalt stressed
ShootRootShootRoot
Na+K+Na+/K+Na+K+Na+/K+Na+K+Na+/K+Na+K+Na+/K+

NIL12.8a–f26.5b–d0.11a–f3.3ij27.2a–c0.12j15.2i–l23.6a–d0.65b20.7d–f23.9b–e0.86e–i
NIL22.7a–f29.0a–d0.09b–f3.6e–j17.7k0.21a–d13.8j–l23.2a–d0.60b20.1e–g20.8g–i0.97c–f
NIL32.4c–f28.9a–d0.08c–f5.1a24.1c–f0.21a–c12.2l22.0a–e0.56b19.5e–h23.6b–f0.82e–j
NIL43.4a–e28.7a–d0.12a–f3.6f–j18.0k0.2a–f24.5b–d21.2a–e1.16b14.6m–o15.1lm0.98b–e
NIL52.1ef32.4a–d0.07ef3.7e–j21.9f–i0.17e–i23.0c–f25.7a–c0.89b19.1e–h26.3b0.73f–j
NIL62.5b–f28.7a–d0.09b–f3.4g–j23.2e–g0.15ij22.4d–f23.3a–d0.96b19.2e–h23.0c–g0.83e–j
NIL73.8a–e26.8b–d0.14a–e4.7a–d27.9ab0.17e–i27.0bc25.0a–d1.10b20.9de18.6i–k1.13b–d
NIL82.7a–f30.6a–d0.09b–f5.0ab29.0a0.17d–i21.2d–h22.5a–d0.94b11.0q16.3k–m0.68g–j
NIL93.5a–e31.2a–d0.11a–f4.3b–e18.2jk0.23a18.7f–i21.6a–e0.86b24.0c19.6h–j1.22b
NIL104.3a–c25.2c–e0.18a4.8a–c27.2a-c0.17c–i12.4kl12.2e1.21b18.2g–j20.6g–i0.88d–i
NIL114.5ab30.3a–d0.15a–d4.1c–g26.6a–c0.16g–j13.2kl28.1ab0.47b14.0no21.1f–i0.66h–j
NIL122.4c–f31.1a–d0.08d–f3.3h–j19.0i–k0.18c–i13.9j–l17.9c–e0.78b11.3pq15.3lm0.74e–j
NIL132.6b–f17.7e0.15a–d4.7a–d25.3b–e0.19b–h16.2i–l21.3a–e0.76b11.3pq16.7k–m0.68g–j
NIL142.6b–f26.7b–d0.10b–f4.0d–h21.4f–i0.19b–h25.6b–d24.7a–d1.05b13.4op14.5m0.92d–g
NIL152.8a–f27.0b–d0.11a–f5.1a21.9f–i0.23a27.1bc24.6a–d1.15b26.7b22.6d–g1.18bc
NIL164.1a–e28.5a–d0.14a–e3.0j19.6h–k0.16g–j17.7g–j15.5de1.22b13.8no20.6g–i0.67h–j
NIL173.1a–f34.9a0.09b–f4.2c–f22.9e–g0.18b–i21.5d–g24.8a–d0.87b16.2j–m22.9d–g0.71g–j
NIL182.9a–f32.9a–c0.09b–f4.2c–f21.2f–j0.2a–e23.5b–e22.9a–d1.03b18.7f–i21.8e–h0.86e–i
NIL194.4ab32.0a–d0.14a–e4.2c–f19.6h–k0.22ab24.9b–d24.7a–d1.01b15.9k–n24.9b–d0.64ij
NIL201.3f31.8a–d0.04f5.1a26.8a–c0.19b–g16.9h–k18.1c–e0.94b13.6o17.5j–l0.78e–j
NIL212.2d–f33.8ab0.07ef3.9e–i18.9i–k0.20a–e22.6c–f22.7a–d0.99b19.1e–h21.2f–i0.90d–h
NIL224.1a–d24.9de0.17ab4.2c–f23.4d–f0.18c–i22.1d–g18.6b–e1.20b17.0i–l19.8h–j0.86e–i
NIL234.6a29.0a–d0.16a–c4.1c–g26.5a–d0.15h–j22.9c–f26.9a–c0.85b15.4l–o25.6bc0.60j
NIL244.3a–c32.8a–c0.13a–e3.5g–j21.3f–j0.16f–i19.4e–i23.4a–d0.83b17.8h–k20.4g–i0.87e–i
PB13.2a–f25.5cd0.13a–e3.8e–i20.1g–k0.19b–h34.4a12.2e2.83a22.3cd8.2n2.72a
FL4783.6a–e28.6a–d0.13a–e5.2a22.3e–h0.23a27.9b29.4a0.95b29.3a30.4a0.96c–f
CV (%)15.256.4817.334.123.334.825.3010.8419.342.883.176.57
SE0.491.880.020.170.760.011.102.400.190.510.650.06

Means followed by the same letter are statistically not different at , by Tukey’s honest significance test. CV: coefficient of variation; SE: standard error.