Table 4 Ion composition of eggplant fruit as related to salinity and grafting.

From: Impact of Grafting, Salinity and Irrigation Water Composition on Eggplant Fruit Yield and Ion Relations

Na, mmol kg−1

Grafted

21.5 C a

29.0 BC a

34.7 AB b

40.2 AB b

48.5 A b

34.79 b

Nongrafted

21.3 C a

33.9 C a

52.1 B a

51.6 B a

77.0 A a

47.18 a

Average(salinity)

21.45 D

31.42 C

43.40 B

45.88 B

62.77 A

 

↓a, → A, salt p < 0.05, salinity p < 0.001, grafting p < 0.001, Interaction (Grafting*Salinity) p < 0.001

Cl, mmol kg−1

Grafted

160

148

166

199

200

219.27 b

Nongrafted

124

210

239

235

253

167.40 a

Cl

163 a C

203 a BA

226 a A

248 a A

235 a A

206.63 a

SO4

122 b B

155 b A

179 b A

186 b A

218 a A

180.03 b

Salinity

142 B

179 AB

202 A

217 A

226 A

 

↓a, ↓ a, → A, salt p < 0.001, salinity p < 0.001, grafting p < 0.001, Interaction (Salt*Salinity) p < 0.001

Ca, mmol kg−1

Grafted

68.2

62.5

44.5

30.2

29.5

46.99 a

Nongrafted

55.0

49.6

37.8

32.3

27.6

40.46 b

Average (salinity)

61.6 A

56.0 B

41.2 CD

31.3 DE

28.6 E

 

↓a, → A, salinity p < 0.001, grafting p < 0.01

 

Mg, mmol kg−1

Cl

92.8 A a

87.2 A a

79.8 A a

79.1 A b

74.2 A b

82.7 b

SO4

92.2 A a

86.5 A a

89.4 A a

93.3 A a

98.1 A a

92.0 a

↓a, → A, salt p < 0.01, Interaction (Salt*Salinity) p < 0.05

P, mmol kg−1

Cl

142 AB a

149 A a

124 B a

130 AB a

132 AB a

135.44 a

SO4

135 A a

112 B b

125 AB a

126 AB a

137 A a

127.25 b

↓a, → A, salt p < 0.05, grafting p < 0.001, Interaction (Salt*Salinity) p < 0.005

K mmol kg−1

Cl

887 AB a

952 A a

839 AB a

860 AB a

807 B a

 

SO4

873 A a

816 A b

886 A a

863 A a

840 A a

 

↓a, → A, grafting p < 0.001, Interaction (Salt*Salinity) p < 0.05

S, mmol kg−1

Grafted-Cl

68.0

64.7

60.3

61.0

63.8

59.24 b

Nongrafted-Cl

59.5

59.7

49.8

54.9

50.7

Grafted-SO4

72.5

73.0

70.5

62.9

72.0

63.46 a

Nongrafted-SO4

54.5

51.8

54.2

61.5

61.6

↓a, → A, salt p < 0.001, grafting p < 0.001

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