International Scholarly Research Notices / 2012 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Growth and Physiological Responses of Maize and Sorghum Genotypes to Salt Stress Table 2 Ion concentrations of leaves and stems of four maize genotypes (CUBA1, B73, B5C2, and BR1) irrigated with nutrient or saline solutions for 40 days (replication of 4).
Genotype Tissue Treatment Na+ Cl− Ca2+ Mg2+ (mg g−1 ) CUBA1 Leaves Control 0.44 11.41 4.25 3.03 Salt 10.05 19.01 4.28 2.18 Stems Control 1.15 17.57 3.15 3.65 Salt 31.93 47.23 1.88 2.08 B73 Leaves Control 0.43 12.02 4.73 4.88 Salt 8.83 26.87 4.95 2.95 Stems Control 0.73 19.05 2.45 4.53 Salt 34.98 54.83 1.88 1.95 B5C2 Leaves Control 0.38 12.70 3.78 5.13 Salt 22.18 37.50 3.95 3.43 Stems Control 0.23 19.52 4.28 8.13 Salt 41.58 73.06 2.73 3.18 BR1 Leaves Control 0.09 8.47 3.95 2.95 Salt 7.35 18.43 3.95 2.55 Stems Control 0.14 14.99 3.65 4.68 Salt 32.45 50.77 2.78 2.38
ANOVA Summary
Genotype 0.0013 <0.0001 NS <0.0001
Tissue <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 NS
Genotype × tissue NS NS 0.0188 0.0278
Treatment <0.0001 <0.0001 NS <0.0001
Genotype × treatment 0.001 <0.0001 NS 0.0104
Tissue × treatment <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0377 0.0013
Genotype × tissue × treatment NS NS NS NS
NS: non-significant.