Research Article
Growth, Water Relations, and Photosynthetic Activity Are Associated with Evaluating Salinity Stress Tolerance of Wheat Cultivars
Table 1
Impact of salinity concentrations on growth criteria (shoot and root) of wheat cultivars.
| Wheat cultivar | NaCl concentration | Shoot growth parameters | Root growth parameters | Plant height (cm) | Shoot fresh weight (g) | Shoot dry weight (g) | Flag leaf area (cm2) | Root length (cm) | Root fresh weight (g) | Root dry weight (g) | SD | SD | SD | SD | SD | SD | SD |
| Sakha69 | 0 mM | 72.15 ± 3.31a | 14.43 ± 2.14a | 6.28 ± 1.04a | 18.35 ± 3.22a | 25.57 ± 2.51a | 1.83 ± 0.30b | 1.34 ± 0.19a | 40 mM | 66.24 ± 4.34a | 12.58 ± 1.10b | 5.33 ± 1.23a | 17.11 ± 2.75b | 23.18 ± 2.74ab | 1.67 ± 0.41a | 1.11 ± 0.16a | 80 mM | 62.74 ± 2.13b | 11.86 ± 1.31b | 4.78 ± 0.87b | 15.94 ± 2.54b | 20.36 ± 1.57b | 1.48 ± 0.23c | 0.98 ± 0.07b | 160 mM | 58.46 ± 4.56a | 9.80 ± 1.25b | 4.25 ± 0.66b | 12.61 ± 3.14a | 18.23 ± 2.23a | 1.34 ± 0.14c | 0.90 ± 0.05b |
| Giza168 | 0 mM | 69.36 ± 3.24b | 13.52 ± 1.41b | 5.31 ± 1.32a | 17.66 ± 2.65ab | 28.21 ± 2.63a | 1.87 ± 0.09b | 1.39 ± 0.08b | 40 mM | 62.56 ± 3.63b | 11.30 ± 2.13a | 4.26 ± 1.05a | 15.57 ± 3.68a | 24.56 ± 1.63b | 1.61 ± 0.34a | 1.10 ± 0.10b | 80 mM | 58.17 ± 4.25a | 10.01 ± 2.24a | 3.68 ± 1.02a | 13.53 ± 1.47b | 21.25 ± 2.71ab | 1.47 ± 0.14ab | 0.92 ± 0.21a | 160 mM | 54.73 ± 2.61b | 8.59 ± 2.11a | 3.23 ± 0.64b | 11.25 ± 1.51b | 17.31 ± 2.35a | 1.24 ± 0.08b | 0.83 ± 0.23a |
| Sakha8 | 0 mM | 73.61 ± 3.54ab | 15.55 ± 1.31a | 6.57 ± 1.03a | 20.65 ± 2.45a | 30.47 ± 2.93ab | 1.95 ± 0.09b | 1.46 ± 0.16a | 40 mM | 60.54 ± 3.12a | 11.01 ± 1.25a | 4.84 ± 1.12a | 16.63 ± 1.67b | 24.19 ± 2.03a | 1.54 ± 0.24a | 1.07 ± 0.20a | 80 mM | 58.14 ± 4.65a | 9.98 ± 1.03b | 4.06 ± 0.48ab | 13.22 ± 2.40a | 20.56 ± 2.73a | 1.39 ± 0.12ab | 0.90 ± 0.13b | 160 mM | 50.26 ± 3.20ab | 7.62 ± 1.53ab | 3.11 ± 0.42ab | 10.42 ± 2.07b | 15.11 ± 1.75b | 1.10 ± 0.14ab | 0.71 ± 0.06b |
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Means and standard errors are demonstrated by error bars. Letters point out significant differences at . |