Table 4. Effect of 100 mM NaCl with or without glutathione, ascorbic acid, or amino acid mixture on the leaf area (cm 2) of two barley cultivars at the seedling stage.
| Treatments | Leaf area | |
|---|---|---|
| G124 | G119 | |
| Control | 7.7±0.9 | 7.1 ±1.99 |
| NaCl | 7.2±0.6 | 6.4±0.45 |
| Glutathione | 12.7 ±7.9 | 7.9±1.96 |
| Glutathione plus salt | 8.1±1.5 | 6.6±0.62 |
| Ascorbic acid | 9.5±0.1 | 5.9±2.96 |
| Ascorbic acid plus salt | 8.1±1.9 | 6.9±0.90 |
| Amino acid mixtures | 6.7±0.4 | 6.8±0.93 |
| Amino acids plus salt | 6.1±1.5 | 5.8±0.14 |
| F | 5.82 | 0.56 |
| P | ** | ns |
| LSD | 2.54 | 2.66 |
**
Highly significant at P≤0.01.