Responses of Jatropha curcas to Salt and Drought Stresses

Table 2

Relative increases in stem length and leaf number of Jatropha plants irrigated with saline solution at electrical conductivity (EC) of 1.6 (control), 3.0, 6.0, or 9.0 dS m⁻¹.

Treatment	Height (%)	Leaf count (%)
Control	65^az	138^a
EC 3	48^b	69^b
EC 6	55^b	89^b
EC 9	49^b	90^b

^zmeans in the same column with same letters are not significantly different tested by Duncan’s multiple comparison.