NaCl Effects on In Vitro Germination and Growth of Some Senegalese Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) Cultivars
Table 4
Mean comparison of shoot and root parts dry weights by Student-Newman-Keuls test at 5%.
Cultivars
NaCl Treatment (mM)
ADW (g)
RDW (g)
DTBW (g)
RDW/ADW
(ADW/DTBW) ×100
(RDW/DTBW) ×100
Reduction rate ADW (%)
Reduction rate RDW (%)
Yacine
0
0.103a
0.092a
0.20a
0.893
52.82
47.17
—
—
Yacine
50
0.11a
0.046b
0.16ab
0.418
70.51
29.48
Yacine
100
0.06b
0.044b
0.10b
0.733
57.69
42.30
Yacine
200
0.054b
0.024b
0.08b
0.444
69.23
30.76
58-191
0
0.097a
0.107a
0.20a
1.103
47.54
52.45
—
—
58-191
50
0.096a
0.108a
0.20a
1.125
47.05
52.94
58-191
100
0.07b
0.07b
0.14b
1.000
50
50
58-191
200
0.053c
0.025c
0.078c
0.471
67.94
32.05
For each cultivar, values in the same column followed by the same letter do not differ significantly between cultivars at 5% level. ADW: aerial part dry weight; RDW: root dry weight; DTBW: Dry total biomass weight.