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Table 4.

Impact of biochar on growth parameters of Zea mays, Amaranthus caudatus, and Medicago sativa under salt stress conditions

Plant	Treatments	Height of plant (cm)	Fresh weight of root (g)	Fresh weight of shoot (g)	Biomass allocation
Medicago sativa	Control	16.02 ± 1.61^d	0.04 ± 0.01^e	0.05 ± 0.01^e	1.51 ± 0.34^a
Medicago sativa	Biochar	20.23 ± 0.10^b	0.05 ± 0.01^d	0.07 ± 0.02^c	1.46 ± 0.04^a
Amaranthus caudatus	Control	14.39 ± 1.49^e	0.08 ± 0.01^b	0.12 ± 0.01^b	1.57 ± 0.09^a
Amaranthus caudatus	Biochar	17.04 ± 0.91^cd	0.11 ± 0.01^a	0.18 ± 0.02^a	1.81 ± 0.03^a
Zea mays	Control	19.12 ± 1.01^c	0.05 ± 0.01^d	0.05 ± 0.01^e	0.77 ± 0.03^b
Zea mays	Biochar	27.43 ± 0.52^a	0.07 ± 0.01^c	0.07 ± 0.02^d	0.77 ± 0.02^b

*Significant at p < 0.05, ** significant at p < 0.01, *** significant at p < 0.001; ns, non-significant at p > 0.05 according to a two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA): ^{a, b} Means followed through diverse letters vertically (in the same column) are expressively different rendering to Duncan’s multiple range tests (DMRTs).a