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

Table 8

Effect of salinity on number of flowers of 13 salt treated purslane accessions.

Accession number	Number of flowers
	Salinity level (dS m^−1)
	0	10	20	30	40
Ac1	23.54 ± 0.69^g	15.42 ± 5.01^f; (34.49)	6.12 ± 0.80^g; (74.01)	2.16 ± 0.34^h; (90.82)	0^f; (100)
Ac2	35.22 ± 0.69^c	28.52 ± 0.40^c; (19.02)	16.78 ± 0.42^e; (52.36)	12.11 ± 0.35^d; (65.62)	0.14 ± 0.19^f; (99.6)
Ac3	22.66 ± 0.31^g	7.21 ± 0.16^h; (68.18)	4.28 ± 0.22^h; (81.11)	6.77 ± 0.23^f; (70.12)	1.27 ± 0.23^e; (94.39)
Ac4	32.17 ± 0.17^e	26.02 ± 0.26^d; (19.12)	17.49 ± 0.27^e; (45.63)	6.69 ± 0.31^e; (79.2)	0^f; (100)
Ac5	27.19 ± 0.21^f	25.71 ± 0.35^d; (5.44)	20.17 ± 0.21^c; (25.82)	15.26 ± 0.16^b; (43.88)	10.03 ± 0.27^a; (63.11)
Ac6	33.46 ± 0.19^d	28.46 ± 0.34^c; (14.94)	23.42 ± 0.25^b; (30.01)	14.44 ± 0.32^c; (56.84)	6.0 ± 0.25^f; (82.07)
Ac7	33.26 ± 0.21^d	31.47 ± 0.15^b; (5.38)	26.28 ± 0.17^a; (20.98)	22.20 ± 0.16^a; (33.25)	8.30 ± 0.26^b; (75.05)
Ac8	4.32 ± 0.22^k	2.82 ± 0.20^j; (34.72)	1.16 ± 0.22^i; (73.15)	0.77 ± 0.21^i; (82.18)	0.12 ± 0.12^c; (97.22)
Ac9	7.67 ± 0.36^j	4.01 ± 0.20^i; (47.72)	1.28 ± 0.12^i; (83.31)	0.08 ± 0.13^i; (98.86)	0^f; (100)
Ac10	14.42 ± 0.14^h	11.02 ± 0.21^g; (23.58)	6.70 ± 0.28^g; (53.54)	2.13 ± 0.16^h; (85.23)	0^f; (100)
Ac11	12.23 ± 0.23^i	10.47 ± 0.29^g; (14.39)	6.58 ± 0.21^g; (46.19)	0.17 ± 0.15^i; (98.61)	0^f; (100)
Ac12	52.36 ± 0.28^a	22.42 ± 0.32^e; (57.18)	18.57 ± 0.44^d; (64.53)	8.31 ± 0.31^e; (84.13)	2.36 ± 0.22^d; (95.49)
Ac13	46.50 ± 0.22^b	34.21 ± 0.19^a; (26.43)	14.50 ± 0.22^f; (68.82)	5.12 ± 0.41^g; (99.98)	0^f; (100)
Mean	26.54 ± 14.41^a	19.06 ± 10.98^b; (28.19)	12.56 ± 8.58^c; (52.66)	7.40 ± 6.86^d; (72.11)	2.17 ± 3.55^e; (91.82)

Mean values with ±SE 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.