Table 1.

Summary of experimental settings.

Duration	20 weeks
Period	March–August 2022
Timing of thermopriming (week after sowing)	2nd
Timing of BTH application (days after priming)	37
Timing of salt stress (days after priming)	44
Number of treatments	6
Total number of blocks (including border)	6
Number of blocks with experimental plants	4
Total number of plants (including border) per block	14
Number of experimental plants per block	12/8/4
Total number of experimental plants per treatment	48/32/16
Number of harvested trusses per experimental plant	3 (3rd/5th/7th truss per plant)