Table 10. Effect of 100 mM NaCl with or without glutathione, ascorbic acid, or amino acid mixture on peroxidase and catalase (μg/g fresh wt. min -1) of two barley cultivars at the seedling stage.
| Treatments | Peroxidase | Catalase | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G124 | G119 | G124 | G119 | |
| Control | 5.7±1.2 | 4.6±0.6 | 0.08±0.0 | 0.07±0.0 |
| NaCl | 9.2±0.6 | 8.5±0.0 | 0.15±0.0 | 0.12±0.0 |
| Glutathione | 3.5±0.6 | 3.6±0.6 | 0.06±0.0 | 0.05±0.0 |
| Glutathione plus salt | 8.5±0.1 | 5.3±1.1 | 0.07±0.0 | 0.05±0.0 |
| Ascorbic acid | 2.1±1.1 | 1.8±0.6 | 0.05±0.0 | 0.05±0.0 |
| Ascorbic acid plus salt | 5.3±1.1 | 4.2±0.0 | 0.06±0.0 | 0.09±0.0 |
| Amino acid mixtures | 1.5±1.0 | 1.4±0.6 | 0.05±0.0 | 0.04±0.0 |
| Amino acids plus salt | 3.5±0.6 | 6.0±0.6 | 0.06±0.0 | 0.07±0.0 |
| F | 31.59 | 42.11 | 22.68 | 20.50 |
| P | ** | ** | ** | ** |
| LSD | 1.49 | 1.06 | 0.021 | 0.017 |
Highly significant at P≤0.01.