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 3
Treatment effects on shoot Cd content (mg kg−1) of barley plants.
| FYM treatments | NaCl levels | Cd levels (mg kg−1) | LSDCd | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| Without FYM | S0 | 0.49 | 0.63 | 0.90 | 1.67 | 2.03 | 2.97 | 0.44 | S1 | 0.42 | 0.67 | 0.93 | 1.83 | 2.10 | 2.93 | 0.47 | S2 | 0.74 | 1.06 | 1.29 | 2.25 | 2.70 | 4.17 | 0.77 | S3 | 0.99 | 1.73 | 2.30 | 2.92 | 3.25 | 5.74 | 0.95 |
| LSDS | | 0.31 | 0.52 | 0.66 | 0.75 | 0.93 | 0.99 | |
| With FYM | S0 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.70 | 1.13 | 1.57 | 1.90 | 0.42 | S1 | 0.35 | 0.26 | 0.67 | 1.47 | 1.53 | 2.05 | 0.45 | S2 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.91 | 1.48 | 2.04 | 2.38 | 0.54 | S3 | 0.47 | 1.03 | 1.17 | 1.89 | 2.17 | 3.08 | 0.66 |
| LSDS | | NS | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.55 | NS | 0.95 | |
| LSDSF | | 0.18 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.85 | |
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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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