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Table 2 Impact of selenium supplementation on Na+, K+ and Na+/K+ ratio in shoots under two concentrations of salt stress during the early seedling stage

From: Comparative efficacy of bio-selenium nanoparticles and sodium selenite on morpho-physiochemical attributes under normal and salt stress conditions, besides selenium detoxification pathways in Brassica napus L.

Traits

Na+ mg/g

K+ mg/g

Na+/K+

Treatments

150 mM

200 mM

150 mM

200 mM

150 mM

200 mM

CK

3.80 ± 0.33e

3.80 ± 0.33f

7.77 ± 0.17f

7.77 ± 0.17f

0.49 ± 0.04b

0.49 ± 0.04b

NaCl

36.47 ± 0.65a

46.76 ± 0.71a

2.37 ± 0.29e

0.98 ± 0.59e

15.39 ± 0.01a

47.71 ± 0.26a

50 µmol L−1

SeNPs

26.25 ± 0.52c

35.23 ± 0.28c

5.02 ± 0.59c

2.83 ± 0.35b

5.23 ± 0. 21def

12.45 ± 0.12de

Se (IV)

30.57 ± 0.32b

36.54 ± 0.26c

3.33 ± 0.64d

2.01 ± 0.68d

9.18 ± 0.22c

18.18 ± 0.15c

100 µmol L−1

SeNPs

25.22 ± 0.57 cd

32.47 ± 0.91d

5.56 ± 0.58b

3.68 ± 0.08b

4.54 ± 0.31ef

8.820 ± 0.19ef

Se (IV)

29.34 ± 0.71b

38.23 ± 0.35b

4.04 ± 0.54d

2.52 ± 0.68c

7.26 ± 0.44 cd

15.17 ± 0.35 cd

150 µmol L−1

SeNPs

23.60 ± 0.61d

30.56 ± 0.55e

7. 19 ± 0.49a

5.04 ± 0.70a

3.28 ± 0.32f

6.060 ± 0.19f

Se (IV)

26.67 ± 0.93c

35.38 ± 0.39c

5.61 ± 0.62c

3.27 ± 0.33b

4.75 ± 0.21de

10.82 ± 0.27de

  1. Data presented are the mean ± SE of three replicates. The different letters indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 using Duncan's multiple range tests