Table 3 Alterations in ion contents in the shoots of S. hieraciifolia. Means ± SD. Means followed by different letters are significantly different according to Duncan’s test at P £ 0.05.
NaCl (mM) K+   Na+ Ca++ Mg++ Cl-
0 198.6±0.7 d 5.01±0.01 e 8.72±0.4 e 0.37±0.03 d 1.76±0.2 e
150 373.1±10 a 46.7±0.06 d 23.6±0.9 b 1.18±0.06 a 18.9±2.2 d
300 364.1±0.5 a 76.9±0.1 c 22.5±0.3 c 0.94±0.01 b 24.2±1.2 c
450 269.9±0.9 c 103.6±0.9 b 20.6±0.4 d 0.82±0.03 c 26.3±0.1 b
600 288.9±3.5 b 144.5±1.8 28.7±0.5 a 1.22±0.04 a 28.6±1.5 a
Fig. 1 Morphological alterations in the shoots of Scorzonera hieraciifolia and Thellungiella parvula treated with 0, 150, 300, 450 and 600 mM NaCl (A, B). S. hieraciifolia grown at 300 mM NaCl (C). S. hieraciifolia grown at 600 mM NaCl (D).