Table 3.
Treatments | Number of spikelets | Spike length (cm) | Spike dry weight (g) | Spike fresh weight (g) | ||||
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No stress | Salt stress | No stress | Salt stress | No stress | Salt stress | No stress | Salt stress | |
Control | 16.33 ± 0.33abc | 12.83 ± 0.92d | 16.33 ± 0.33abc | 12.83 ± 0.92d | 0.56 ± 0.02b | 0.18 ± 0.01d | 1.56 ± 0.13b | 0.52 ± 0.07d |
1% Si-BC1 | 17 ± 0ab | 14.5 ± 0.28 cd | 17 ± 0ab | 14.5 ± 0.28 cd | 0.72 ± 0.04a | 0.30 ± 0.04 cd | 1.9 ± 0.00ab | 0.72 ± 0.02 cd |
2.5% Si-BC2 | 18.33 ± 0.33a | 15.5 ± 0.28bc | 18.33 ± 0.33a | 15.5 ± 0.28bc | 0.83 ± 0.02a | 0.44 ± 0.03bc | 2.11 ± 0.11a | 1.06 ± 0.10c |
Data present the mean ± standard deviation of three replicates.