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Table 2.

Effect of salinity on some seedling growth parameters.

Cultivars	Treatments	Radicule (cm)	Plumule (cm)	Fresh root weight (gr)	Fresh shoot weight (gr)	Dry root weight (gr)	Dry shoot weight (gr)
Develi	S₁	11.53^a	3.28^ab	0.4253^a	0.7833^a	0.0352^a	0.2089
	S₂	10.42^ab	2.18^bcd	0.3720^ab	0.6423^abc	0.0306^ab	0.1765
	S₃	9.12^abcd	1.15^cd	0.2743^bcd	0.5567^abcd	0.0200^cde	0.2178
	S₄	8.75^abcde	0.68^d	0.3261^abc	0.7331^ab	0.0263^abc	0.2221
	S₅	7.22^bcde	0.53^d	0.1337^efg	0.3773^d	0.0147^defgh	0.2172
Ürgüp	S₁	10.43^ab	4.97^a	0.1837^def	0.6040^abcd	0.0230^cde	0.2023
	S₂	9.66^abc	4.61^a	0.2260^cde	0.5997^abcd	0.0212^bcd	0.1896
	S₃	7.11^bcde	4.38^a	0.1803^def	0.5403^abcd	0.0175^cdef	0.2131
	S₄	8.13^abcde	3.32^ab	0.1597^efg	0.4737^cd	0.0159^defg	0.2203
	S₅	7.51^bcde	2.96^abc	0.1113^fg	0.4160^cd	0.0148^defgh	0.2092
Hybrid	S₁	7.26^bcde	4.47^a	0.1140^efg	0.5837^abcd	0.0132^efgh	0.2223
	S₂	6.59^cde	3.73^ab	0.0817^fg	0.4797^bcd	0.0103^fgh	0.2146
	S₃	6.07^de	3.29^ab	0.0820^fg	0.4463^cd	0.0100^fgh	0.2191
	S₄	5.71^de	3.15^abc	0.0543^g	0.4327^cd	0.0071^gh	0.2312
	S₅	5.50^e	2.99^abc	0.0520^g	0.4177^cd	0.0063^h	0.2350
General means	Cultivars
	Develi	9.41a	1.57c	0.3063a	0.6185a	0.0254a	0.2085
	Ürgüp	8.57b	4.05a	0.1722b	0.5267b	0.0185b	0.2070
	Hybrid	6.23c	3.53b	0.0768c	0.4720b	0.0094c	0.2245
	Salinity
	S₁	9.74a	4.24a	0.2410a	0.6570a	0.0238a	0.2112
	S₂	8.89b	3.51a	0.2266ab	0.5739b	0.0207a	0.1936
	S₃	7.53bc	3.14b	0.1789b	0.5144bc	0.0158bc	0.2167
	S₄	7.43bc	2.94bc	0.1800b	0.5464b	0.0164b	0.2863
	S₅	6.74c	2.16c	0.0990c	0.4037c	0.0120c	0.2205
Significance
Salinity (S)		**	**	**	**	**	ns
Cultivar (C)		**	**	**	**	**	ns
S × C		ns	ns	**	*	**	ns

ns not significant.

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.