Table 2: Total Chlorophyll and ionic contents of wheat genotypes (K⁺, Ca²⁺ K⁺/Ca²⁺ ratio).

Mean followed by same letters are non-significantly different at a level of P < 0.05.

Treatments

Varieties

Total chlorophyll contents (mgg-1)

% K+ in shoot

% Ca2+ in Shoot

Shoot k+ /Ca2+

% K+ in Root

% Ca2+ in Root

Root  K+/Ca2+ ratio

Chl. A

Chl. b

T1(Control)

SD-621

0.178ab

0.300a

0.78b

1.36fg

0.57abcde

0.150abcde

0.185b

0.811cdef

SD-222

0.124cd

0.193bc

1.01b

2.06abcd

0.49de

0.157abcd

0.142b

1.109abc

NIA-Saarang

0.194a

0.301a

1.18b

1.94abcde

0.61abcd

0.135bcde

0.125b

1.081abcd

22-03

0.019f

0.030d

1.04b

2.21ab

0.47de

0.103e

0.112b

0.932abcdef

Khirman

0.016f

0.025d

1.03b

1.65cdefg

0.62abcd

0.113de

0.108b

1.051abcde

Chakwal-86

0.011f

0.016d

0.95b

1.34g

0.72ab

0.140bcde

0.115b

1.231a

T2(-0.5MPa)

SD-621

0.136bcd

0.220bc

1.38b

2.14abc

0.64abcd

0.153abcde

0.202b

0.758cdef

SD-222

0.156abc

0.252ab

1.09b

1.88bcdef

0.58abcde

0.175ab

0.153b

1.152ab

NIA-Saarang

0.089de

0.149c

0.97b

1.87bcdefg

0.52cde

0.126cde

0.143b

0.878bcdef

22-03

0.021f

0.033d

1.28b

1.97abcde

0.65abcd

0.132bcde

0.137b

0.961abcdef

Khirman

0.014f

0.022d

1.01b

1.83bcdefg

0.55bcde

0.160abcd

0.160b

1.011abcde

Chakwal-86

0.018f

0.025d

4.11a

1.50efg

0.70abc

0.137bcde

0.183b

0.736ef

T3(-0.75MPa)

SD-621

0.122cd

0.204bc

1.12b

1.82bcdefg

0.56abcde

0.178ab

0.220b

0.811cdef

SD-222

0.045ef

0.068d

1.51b

2.45a

0.63abcd

0.175ab

0.223b

0.784cdef

NIA-Saarang

0.115cd

0.182bc

1.03b

1.67cdefg

0.61abcd

0.148abcd

0.198b

0.761de

22-03

0.017f

0.025d

1.12b

1.55defg

0.722ab

0.115de

0.130b

0.904bcdef

Khirman

0.009f

0.016d

0.78b

2.06abcd

0.40e

0.195a

0.184b

1.090abc

Chakwal-86

0.021f

0.029d

1.05b

1.38fg

0.7554a

0.167abc

0.780a

0.662f

LSD

0.0470

0.0748

2.2066

0.5343

0.1993

0.0491

0.4174

0.3268

S.E

0.0231

0.0368

1.0858

0.2629

0.0980

0.0242

0.2054

0.1608