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Eight populations ofAgrostis stolonifera, collected from maritime and inland habitats, were grown in solution culture and in sand culture at various concentrations of sodium chloride from 0 ppm to 5,000 ppm Na.
NaCl had less effect upon the dry weight yield of populations from maritime habitats, with soils of high Na content, than upon populations from inland or maritime habitats with soils of low Na content. The correlation between per cent reduction in dry weight yield and the Na content of the native soil of each population was r=−0.73. Populations from inland or maritime habitats, with soils of low Na content, contained more Na in their shoot materials, and higher Na/K ratios, than did populations from high Na soils, at all Na concentrations.
The effect of NaCl upon the root elongation of each population was not correlated with the effect upon dry weight yield, nor with the Na content of their native soil. The effect of Na Cl upon root elongation was highly dependent upon the composition of the culture solution used. It is concluded that the effect of NaCl on root elongation is not an adequate measure of salinity tolerance in this species.
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Tiku, B.L., Snaydon, R.W. Salinity tolerance within the grass speciesAgrostis stolonifera L. Plant Soil 35, 421–431 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01372673
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