Table 7. Effect of 100 mM NaCl with or without glutathione, ascorbic acid, or amino acid mixture on photosynthetic efficiency of two barley cultivars at the seedling stage.
| Treatments | Photosynthetic efficiency | |
|---|---|---|
| G124 | G119 | |
| Control | 0.75±0.003 | 0.77±0.001 |
| NaCl | 0.74±0.002 | 0.76±0.001 |
| Glutathione | 0.76±0.002 | 0.75±0.001 |
| Glutathione plus salt | 0.77±0.001 | 0.72±0.002 |
| Ascorbic acid | 0.74±0.011 | 0.77±0.005 |
| Ascorbic acid plus salt | 0.75±0.001 | 0.78±0.001 |
| Amino acid mixtures | 0.76±0.003 | 0.78±0.001 |
| Amino acids plus salt | 0.73±0.003 | 0.78±0.002 |
| F | 9.06 | 1844.2 |
| P | ** | ** |
| LSD | 0.011 | 1.32 |
Highly significant at P≤0.01.