Table 30. Effect of 100 mM NaCl with or without glutathione, ascorbic acid or amino acid mixture on potassium/sodium ratio of grains in the two barley cultivars.
| Treatments | Potassium/sodium | |
|---|---|---|
| G124 | G119 | |
| Control | 8.2±0.1 | 16.7±0.1 |
| NaCl | 2.9±0.1 | 4.2±3.7 |
| Glutathione | 5.3±0.5 | 7.4±5.6 |
| Glutathione plus salt | 5.5±0.1 | 4.8±0.2 |
| Ascorbic acid | 14.7±3.0 | 9.2±0.7 |
| Ascorbic acid plus salt | 7.5±0.9 | 3.5±0.1 |
| Amino acid mixtures | 8.0±0.6 | 10.9±1.2 |
| Amino acids plus salt | 8.2±1.1 | 9.0±0.4 |
| F | 23.4 | 27.0 |
| P | ** | ** |
| LSD | 2.13 | 2.53 |
**
Highly significant at P≤0.01.