Table 1 Trait means for ten morpho-physiological parameters in IR29 at the seedling stage under saline stress.

Traits^β

Control

NaCl

10ppm Se

10ppm Se + 150mM NaCl

20ppm Se

20ppm Se + 150mM NaCl

SIS***

1.0^a

7.3^b

3.0^a

6.7^ab

1.0^a

6.0^b

CHL***

29.1^ab

14.9^c

29.7^ab

24.9^b

30.0^a

28.9^ab

SHL(cm)^ns

20.1^a

17.8^a

21.4^a

19.0^a

21.2^a

21.4^a

RL (cm)^ns

10.5^a

10.8^a

13.5^a

12.1^a

11.8^a

11.6^a

SNC (mmol kg^− 1)***

256^c

2246^a

227^c

1681^b

242^c

1904^b

SKC(mmol kg^− 1)***

1473^a

473^b

639^b

440^b

482^b

436^b

SNaK***

0.17^b

5.05^a

0.34^b

3.86^a

0.53^b

4.39^a

RNC (mmol kg^− 1)***

280^a

2616^b

503^b

732^b

935^b

1145^b

RKC

(mmol kg^− 1)*

142^b

558^a

364^ab

223^ab

469^ab

474^ab

RNaK***

1.98^b

4.74^a

1.53^b

2.97^b

1.80^b

2.41^b