Table 3 Composition of the irrigation water.

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

Treatment

ECiw (dS/m)

pH

Ion concentration (mmolc Lāˆ’1)

Clāˆ’

SO42

NO3āˆ’

PO43āˆ’

Na+

K+

Ca2+

Mg2+

Control

1.97

7.5

4.27

4.62

5.03

0.04

5.41

4.7

3.01

2.85

Saline

16.6

7.3

118.1

51

5.12

0.01

134

4.7

22

20.7