Adjustment of mineral ratio and composition in rice genotypes under varied salinity regimes

A study of the salinity effect on mineral content in rice genotypes differing in salt tolerance was conducted in a factorial Completely Randomized Design experiment. The results indicated that the genotypes developed differently by mutation conventional breeding. NS15 represented as salt-sensitive, Pokkali was included as an internationally salt-tolerant check and Iratom24 was moderately tolerant. The content of Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Cl− followed an increasing pattern in roots and shoots of all the rice genotypes due to increasing salinity levels except Ca2+ and Mg2+ in the root. However, the concentration of K+ showed more or less an increasing pattern in root and a decreasing pattern in shoot. The concentration of Na+ and Ca2+ sharply increased with increasing the salinity levels in both the roots and shoots of NS15. The concentration of K+ sharply decreased in shoot and increased in the root of susceptible genotype NS15 with increasing salinity over 6 dS m−1 salinity levels, where the transformation of K...