Table 1 Biomass per plant and Sodium, Potassium and Chloride contents of 12 selected mother plants for detailed salinity study.

From: Variable salinity responses of 12 alfalfa genotypes and comparative expression analyses of salt-response genes

Genotype Name

Genotype #

Biomass per plant g (rank * )

Ion composition mmol kgāˆ’1 dw (rank)

Classification

Na

Cl

K

Total-S

Biomass

Na

Cl

K

Ā 

Cl 18.2 dSmāˆ’1 (rank 1–60)

SISA 15

G01

61.7 (1)

186 (56)

203 (56)

658 (40)

132

H

L

L

M

Cuf 101-1

G02

51.5 (4)

539 (15)

393 (13)

533 (53)

135

H

H

H

L

SISA 14-1

G03

43.5 (10)

186 (55)

176 (59)

685 (34)

123

H

L

L

M

Cuf 101-2

G04

11.2 (39)

842 (1)

330 (23)

657 (41)

124

L

H

M

M

Ā 

SO4 18.4 dS māˆ’1 (rank 1–60)

SISA 14-3

G08

81.4 (1)

360 (40)

197 (44)

636 (39)

197

H

L

L

M

SISA 10

G09

33.0 (25)

173 (60)

159 (56)

812 (9)

146

M

L

L

H

Ā 

Cl 24.3 dS māˆ’1 (rank 1–19)

SW9720

G05

42.0 (1)

318 (7)

316 (10)

667 (13)

206

H

M

M

M

SISA 9

G06

32.7 (6)

106 (19)

230 (17)

513 (19)

123

H

L

L

L

SISA 14-2

G07

12.8 (11)

479 (2)

486 (2)

695 (9)

182

L

H

H

M

Ā 

SO424.7 dS māˆ’1 (rank 1–21)

AZ-90 ST

G10

51.7 (1)

331 (14)

161 (16)

692 (13)

161

H

L

L

M

SW9215

G11

35.3 (2)

323 (15)

382 (5)

959 (2)

182

H

L

H

H

Salado

G12

26.4 (8)

894 (4)

275 (11)

708 (11)

275

M

H

M

M

  1. *Within treatments, rank 1 to higher ranks mean high to low biomass, and high to low K, Na and Cl contents.