Table 23. Effect of 100 mM NaCl with or without glutathione, ascorbic acid, or amino acid mixture on weight of grains per plant (mg/plant) and weight of 100 grains (g/100 grains) of grains in the two barley cultivars.
| Treatments | Weight of grains/plant | Weight of 100 grians | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G124 | G119 | G124 | G119 | |
| Control | 1213.3±101.2 | 1248.3±5.77 | 4.62±0.1 | 6.62±0.4 |
| NaCl | 860.0±26.5 | 1141.7±7.63 | 3.70±0.4 | 5.33± 0.4 |
| Glutathione | 1038.3±46.5 | 1668.3±88.1 | 4.33±0.2 | 6.12± 0.4 |
| Glutathione plus salt | 1026.7±40.1 | 1508.3±7.63 | 3.87±0.2 | 5.12±0.0 |
| Ascorbic acid | 1613.3±30.6 | 1175.0±26.5 | 4.33± 0.5 | 5.20± 0.7 |
| Ascorbic acid plus salt | 1636.7± 32.1 | 931.7±40.1 | 4.66± 0.3 | 5.29±0.2 |
| Amino acid mixtures | 1261.7±25.2 | 1130.0±15.0 | 4.25± 0.7 | 4.54±0.4 |
| Amino acids plus salt | 1561.7±33.3 | 1485.0±70.0 | 4.17±0.3 | 5.29±0.9 |
| F | 115.72 | 93.78 | 2.36 | 4.50 |
| P | ** | ** | ns | ** |
| LSD | 83.03 | 75.88 | 0.64 | 0.91 |
**
Highly significant at P≤0.01.