Screening of Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) Accessions for High Salt Tolerance

Table 2

Influence of salinity on total dry matter production of purslane plants and their classification to salinity tolerance.

Aaccession number	New acc. number	Total dry matter  (g)					Classification
		Salinity level  (dS m^−1)					Salinity level  (dS m^−1)
		0	10	20	30	40	10	20	30	40
Ac7	Ac1	16.27^de	14.13^de; (13.15)	11.48^ef; (29.44)	9.79^de; (39.83)	5.84^fg; (64.11)	T	MT	MT	MS
Ac8	Ac2	13.11^e--g	11.34^ef; (13.5)	9.67^gh; (26.24)	8.91^d--f; (32.04)	4.37^gh; (66.67)	T	MT	MT	MS
Ac36	Ac3	23.55^ab	20.38^ab; (13.46)	18.95^b; (19.53)	15.32^a; (34.94)	13.32^a; (43.44)	T	T	MT	MT
Ac37	Ac4	15.55^de	13.97^de; (10.16)	12.51^f; (19.55)	9.95^d; (36.01)	6.23^f; (59.94)	T	T	MT	MS
Ac23	Ac5	7.94^h	6.8^g; (14.36)	5.71^i; (28.08)	4.4^g; (44.58)	3.38^h; (57.43)	T	MT	MT	MT
Ac22	Ac6	20.67^bc	17.77^bc; (14.03)	15.38^cd; (25.59)	13.02^bc; (37.01)	9.55^bc; (53.79)	T	MT	MT	MT
Ac24	Ac7	15.91^de	14.17^de; (10.93)	12.9^ef; (18.92)	12.75^c; (19.86)	7.98^c--e; (49.84)	T	T	T	MT
Ac2	Ac8	24.63^a	21.66^a; (12.06)	17.57^bc; (28.66)	15.16^ab; (38.45)	8.92^cd; (63.78)	T	MT	MT	MS
Ac3	Ac9	23.9^ab	23.4^a; (2.09)	21.3^a; (10.87)	15.5^a; (35.15)	13.48^a; (43.59)	T	T	T	MT
Ac1	Ac10	10.1^gh	8.6^fg; (14.85)	8.62^h; (14.65)	7.72^ef; (23.56)	6.44^ef; (36.24)	T	T	MT	MT
Ac4	Ac11	18.84^cd	16.11^cd; (14.49)	15.1^de; (19.85)	13.43^a--c; (28.72)	10.66^b; (43.42)	T	T	MT	MT
Ac17	Ac12	14.41^ef	13.09^de; (9.16)	10.72^f--h; (25.61)	9.46^de; (34.35)	7.33^d--f; (42.19)	T	MT	MT	MT
Ac5	Ac13	11.67^fg	9.49^gh; (18.68)	9.35^gh; (19.88)	7.41^f; (38.51)	4.04^h; (58.17)	T	T	MT	MS
Ac9	All are discarded due to susceptible to salinity	13.44	8.32	4.11	2.01	1.8	MT	MS	S	S
Ac25		10.88	7.91	3.38	2.11	1.62	MT	MS	S	S
Ac10		16.04	10.13	4.21	2.78	2.01	MT	MS	S	S
Ac38		11.11	7.48	4.11	2.21	1.54	MT	MS	S	S
Ac32		19.23	13.09	7.21	3.33	2.07	MT	MS	S	S
Ac31		17.65	12.26	8.48	3.26	2.19	MT	MT	S	S
Ac27		21.02	14.65	8.33	2.38	1.89	MT	MS	S	S
Ac12		13.21	7.21	5.03	2.45	1.67	MT	MS	S	S
Ac33		22.04	15.28	7.11	3.21	2.06	MT	MS	S	S
Ac34		11.89	8.24	4.18	2.03	1.56	MT	MS	S	S
Ac35		8.2	4.11	2.53	1.98	1.4	MT	MS	S	S
Ac44		10.49	6.65	3.12	1.98	1.29	MT	MS	S	S

Values followed by different letters differ significantly according to Tukey’s multiple range tests at 𝑃<0.05. Values in the parentheses indicate percent compared to the untreated control  (0 dS m⁻¹) plants.