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 (cm^2)	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

Means and standard errors are demonstrated by error bars. Letters point out significant differences at .