Table 2 Effect of salinity on number of leaves in 13 purslane accessions
Purslane accessions | Number of leaves | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salinity level (dS m−1) | |||||
0 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 | |
Ac1 | 525.30ab | 431.7bc (17.81) | 381.4c (27.39) | 350.7b (33.24) | 333.61cd (36.49) |
Ac2 | 501.20ab | 413.8cd (17.44) | 362.4c (27.69) | 351.8b (29.81) | 333.3cd (33.49) |
Ac3 | 350.80de | 314.2ef (10.43) | 260.8d (25.66) | 220.37c (37.18) | 241.3ef (31.21) |
Ac4 | 489.60ab | 417.5cd (14.73) | 403.3bc (17.63) | 349.9b (28.53) | 321.7cd (34.29) |
Ac5 | 405.80cd | 417.5cd (+2.88) | 411.7bc (+1.45) | 420.6ab (+3.65) | 428.7a (+5.64) |
Ac6 | 456.80bc | 427.7bc (6.37) | 411.8bc (9.85) | 409.7ab (10.31) | 411.2ab (9.98) |
Ac7 | 490.40ab | 444.2bc (9.42) | 413.3bc (15.72) | 388.7ab (20.74) | 349.7b–d (28.29) |
Ac8 | 527.20ab | 511.1a (3.05) | 489.7a (7.11) | 449.3a (14.78) | 431.5a (18.15) |
Ac9 | 353.60de | 361.2de (+2.15) | 383.7c (+8.51) | 359.8b (+1.75) | 380.3a–c (+7.55) |
Ac10 | 372.60d | 363.4de (2.47) | 356.7c (4.28) | 348.3b (6.52) | 333.4cd (10.52) |
Ac11 | 487.80ab | 479.3ab (1.74) | 453.3ab (7.07) | 389.9ab (20.07) | 288.4de (40.88) |
Ac12 | 282.60e | 273.9f (3.08) | 255.7d (9.52) | 201.5c (28.69) | 196.4f (30.5) |
Ac13 | 555.40a | 461.5a–c (16.91) | 419.13bc (24.54) | 351.4b (36.73) | 313.4cd (43.57) |
Mean | 446.08a | 409.0b (8.31) | 384.84c (13.73) | 353.23d (20.82) | 335.61e (24.77) |