Table 28. Effect of 100 mM NaCl with or without glutathione, ascorbic acid or amino acid mixture on sodium content (mg/100 g dry wt.) of grains in the two barley cultivars.
| Treatments | Sodium | |
|---|---|---|
| G124 | G119 | |
| Control | 1.53±0.03 | 0.39±0.07 |
| NaCl | 3.67± 0.06 | 1.56±0.07 |
| Glutathione | 0.67± 0.07 | 0.60±0.11 |
| Glutathione plus salt | 1.53±0.03 | 1.26±0.07 |
| Ascorbic acid | 0.37± 0.07 | 0.99±0.07 |
| Ascorbic acid plus salt | 0.67± 0.06 | 2.44±0.04 |
| Amino acid mixtures | 1.31± 0.09 | 1.02± 0.10 |
| Amino acids plus salt | 0.71± 0.09 | 0.94±0.04 |
| F | 1327.4 | 282.4 |
| P | ** | ** |
| LSD | 0.08 | 0.11 |
Highly significant at P≤0.01.