Table 22. Effect of 100 mM NaCl with or without glutathione, ascorbic acid, or amino acid mixture on membrane leakage (EC %) of two barley cultivars at the pre-flowering stage.
| Treatments | Membrane leakage | |
|---|---|---|
| G124 | G119 | |
| Control | 49.1±0.2 | 41.2±0.8 |
| NaCl | 96.2±0.6 | 91.2±0.4 |
| Glutathione | 90.9±0.6 | 41.8±0.1 |
| Glutathione plus salt | 50.7±0.3 | 81.6±0.2 |
| Ascorbic acid | 42.5±0.4 | 35.8±0.1 |
| Ascorbic acid plus salt | 91.6±0.2 | 86.0±1.8 |
| Amino acid mixtures | 69.2±0.3 | 63.5±0.3 |
| Amino acids plus salt | 94.3±1.1 | 73.7±0.1 |
| F | 11085.3 | 6402.9 |
| P | ** | ** |
| LSD | 0.65 | 0.83 |
Highly significant at P≤0.01.