Role of Benzyladenine Seed Priming on Growth and Physiological and Biochemical Response of Soybean Plants Grown under High Salinity Stress Condition

Table 1

Mean vegetative response in terms of the shoot length (SL), root length (RL), number of branches (MnB), leaf area (LA), stomatal density (SD), and relative water content of Peking and LS678 soybeans subjected to high salinity stress.

Cultivar	Treatment	SL (cm)	RL (cm)	MnB	LA (cm^2)	SD	RWC (%)
Peking	NaClA	50.3^b	40.6^a	7.2^a	5.51^a	163^a	86.7^a
	NaClB	36.8^d	36.2^b	5.9^cb	4.22^dc	102^d	42.9^f
	NaClB + BA	37.2^d	34.1^c	6.3^b	4.69^b	154^b	62.8^d
LS678	NaClA	51.6^a	40.2^a	7.0^a	5.32^a	159^a	80.2^b
	NaClB	35.5^e	33.4^d	5.0^d	4.29^cb	106^d	52.3^e
	NaClB + BA	39.6^cb	30.5^e	6.7^ab	5.21^a	149^c	72.1^c

Mean values with similar superscript letters within columns are not significantly different at 5% confidence level according to Duncan’s test. NaCl_A is the 0 mM, and NaCl_B refers to 250 mM of sodium chloride used.