Research Article
Influence of NaCl-Induced Salinity and Cd Toxicity on Respiration Activity and Cd Availability to Barley Plants in Farmyard Manure-Amended Soil
Table 2
Treatment effects on shoot dry matter of barley plants (g pot−1).
| FYM treatments | NaCl levels | Cd levels (mg kg−1) | LSDCd | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| Without FYM | S0 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.71 | NS | S1 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.70 | NS | S2 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.68 | 0.60 | NS | S3 | 0.69 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.39 | 0.17 |
| LSDS | | NS | NS | NS | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
| With FYM | S0 | 1.10 | 1.12 | 1.08 | 1.15 | 1.10 | 1.11 | NS | S1 | 1.15 | 1.11 | 1.09 | 1.13 | 1.12 | 1.10 | NS | S2 | 1.10 | 1.07 | 1.08 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 0.98 | NS | S3 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.78 | 0.20 |
| LSDS | | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | 0.21 | |
| LSDSF | | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.12 | |
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LSDCd (P < 0.05) = Cd effect; LSDS (P < 0.05) = salt effect; LSDSF (P < 0.05) = salt FYM effect, S0 (without NaCl), S1 (30 mM NaCl), S2 (60 mM NaCl), and S3 (120 mM NaCl); NS = not significant.
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