Table 31. Effect of 100 mM NaCl with or without glutathione, ascorbic acid or amino acid mixture on protein nitrogen (%) of grains in the two barley cultivars.
| Treatments | Protein nitrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| G124 | G119 | |
| Control | 2.5±0.01 | 2.1±0.01 |
| NaCl | 1.5±0.01 | 1.4±0.01 |
| Glutathione | 1.0±0.01 | 1.1±0.02 |
| Glutathione plus salt | 0.9±0.01 | 0.9±0.01 |
| Ascorbic acid | 2.1±0.01 | 2.6±0.00 |
| Ascorbic acid plus salt | 2.0±0.02 | 2.0±0.02 |
| Amino acid mixtures | 2.5±0.01 | 2.0±0.01 |
| Amino acids plus salt | 2.7±0.02 | 1.5±0.01 |
| F | 3315.4 | 4650.1 |
| P | ** | ** |
| LSD | 0.03 | 0.02 |
**
Highly significant at P≤0.01.