Table 25. Effect of 100 mM NaCl with or without glutathione, ascorbic acid, or amino acid mixture on proline content (mg/g dry wt.) of grains in the two barley cultivars.
| Treatments | Proline | |
|---|---|---|
| G124 | G119 | |
| Control | 5.2±0.1 | 5.2±0.1 |
| NaCl | 8.6±0.0 | 11.8±0.0 |
| Glutathione | 5.1±0.0 | 4.8±0.0 |
| Glutathione plus salt | 8.4±0.0 | 9.0±0.1 |
| Ascorbic acid | 5.1±0.0 | 4.9±0.1 |
| Ascorbic acid plus salt | 7.4±0.1 | 8.9±0.0 |
| Amino acid mixtures | 5.2±0.1 | 4.9±0.1 |
| Amino acids plus salt | 8.2±0.1 | 7.1±0.1 |
| F | 2266.13 | 2792.5 |
| P | ** | ** |
| LSD | 0.10 | 0.14 |
**
Highly significant at P≤0.01.