Table 24. Effect of 100 mM NaCl with or without glutathione, ascorbic acid, or amino acid mixture on total soluble carbohydrates (mg/g dry wt.) of grains in the two barley cultivars.
| Treatments | Total soluble carbohydrates | |
|---|---|---|
| G124 | G119 | |
| Control | 17.3±0.1 | 22.5±0.1 |
| NaCl | 8.6±0.0 | 6.7±0.0 |
| Glutathione | 23.6±0.0 | 22.4±0.0 |
| Glutathione plus salt | 11.9±0.1 | 35.4±0.0 |
| Ascorbic acid | 35.7±0.3 | 16.4±0.0 |
| Ascorbic acid plus salt | 15.1±0.0 | 24.7±0.1 |
| Amino acid mixtures | 4.0±0.0 | 20.4±0.0 |
| Amino acids plus salt | 18.5±0.1 | 25.8±0.1 |
| F | 21566.9 | 86611.5 |
| P | ** | ** |
| LSD | 0.20 | 0.08 |
ns=not significant.
**
Highly significant at P≤0.01.