Table 4.

Effects of different ASA and salt stress treatments on quinoa seed plumule length, measured at six-hour intervals over five days.

Time (hours)	T1 Control	T2 ASA 0.1	T3 ASA 0.5	T4 NaCl 200	T5 ASA 0.1+Salt 200	T6 ASA 0.5+Salt 200
6h	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	0	0.20 ± 0.0632 a	0	0	0	0
30	0.08 ± 0.1135 bc	0.37 ± 0.0675 a	0.10 ± 0.1155 b	0	0	0
36	0.40 ± 0.1054 b	0.66 ± 0.1075 a	0.47 ± 0.0949 b	0	0	0
42	0.70 ± 0.1054 b	1.11 ± 0.1247 a	0.75 ± 0.0850 b	0	0.07 ± 0.1160 c	0.03 ± 0.0675 c
48	0.80 ± 0.1054 b	1.22 ± 0.1033 a	0.86 ± 0.1075 b	0.07 ± 0.1160 d	0.22 ± 0.0919 c	0.15 ± 0.1179 cd
54	0.99 ± 0.0876 c	1.36 ± 0.0699 a	1.24 ± 0.0699 b	0.30 ± 0.0666 d	0.37 ± 0.0674 d	0.36 ± 0.0966 d
60	1.19 ± 0.0738 c	1.50 ± 0.0816 a	1.34 ± 0.0699 b	0.40 ± 0.0666 e	0.73 ± 0.0942 d	0.68 ± 0.1135 d
66	1.37 ± 0.0823 c	1.91 ± 0.0994 a	1.63 ± 0.0823 b	0.50 ± 0.0666 e	0.99 ± 0.1286 d	0.73 ± 0.0674 d
72	1.47 ± 0.0823 c	2.06 ± 0.0843 a	1.73 ± 0.0823 b	0.59 ± 0.0567 f	1.11 ± 0.1100 d	0.81 ± 0.0737 e
78	169 ± 0.1197 c	2.20 ± 0.1054 a	1.90 ± 0.0666 b	0.68 ± 0.0632 f	1.15 ± 0.0707 d	0.85 ± 0.0527 e
84	1.89 ± 0.0875 c	2.36 ± 0.0843 a	2.13 ± 0.0848 b	0.79± ± 0.0737 f	1.22 ± 0.0632 d	0.95 ± 0.0849 e
90	1.99 ± 0.0875 c	2.46 ± 0.0843 a	2.20 ± 0.0666 b	0.83 ± 0.0674 f	1.25 ± 0.0707 d	0.95 ± 0.0849 e
96	2.08 ± 0.0788 c	2.61 ± 0.0994 a	2.26 ± 0.0843 b	0.89 ± 0.0994 f	1.28 ± 0.0632 d	1.01 ± 0.0875 e
102	2.14 ± 0.0516 c	2.71 ± 0.0994 a	2.26 ± 0.0843 b	0.91 ± 0.0737 f	1.31 ± 0.0567 d	1.04 ± 0.0843 e
108	2.23 ± 0.0483 c	2.81 ± 0.09944 a	2.35 ± 0.0707 b	0.94 ± 0.0788 f	1.36 ± 0.0516 d	1.08 ± 0.1032 e
114	2.31 ± 0.0567 b	2.91 ± 0.09944 a	2.37 ± 0.0674 b	0.92 ± 0.0699 e	1.38 ± 0.0632 c	1.12 ± 0.0918 d
120	2.39 ± 0.0567 b	3.11 ± 0.09944 a	2.45 ± 0.0707 b	0.96 ± 0.0516 e	1.41 ± 0.0567 c	1.14 ± 0.0699 d

These data are expressed as the mean ± S.E. for three replicates per treatment. Statistical significance was determined using the Tukey’s-b test, with distinct letters (a-f) denoting statistically significant variations at P< 0.05.