Table 2.

Effect of treatments on wheat growth parameters (LSD at P ⩽ 0.05; 0.01). Each value represents mean ± S.E. of triplications.

Treatments		Plant height (cm/plant)	No. of tillers/plant	Dry weight (g/plant)
Seawater concentration (%)	N-fertilizer and/or Azospirillum			Roots	Shoots
Tap water	Control	39.46	1.66	0.27	1.61
	40 N	45.83	2	0.36	1.75
	60 N	51.66	2.33	0.49	2.10
	80 N	60.36	3	0.60	2.66
	Azo.	41.80	2	0.41	2.10
	40 N + Azo.	48.1	3	0.58	2.40
	60 N + Azo.	62.30	3.33	0.77	2.86
	80 N + Azo.	63.06	3.66	0.80	3.16
8.0%	Control	31.46	1.33	0.20	1.37
	40 N	38.36	1.66	0.26	1.60
	60 N	46.50	2	0.34	1.81
	80 N	51.50	2.3	0.43	2.24
	Azo.	40.36	2	0.38	1.88
	40 N + Azo.	44.26	2.66	0.50	2.10
	60 N + Azo.	52.66	3	0.64	2.53
	80 N + Azo.	52.06	3	0.60	2.61
16.0%	Control	21.16	1	0.14	1.07
	40 N	24.63	1	0.20	1.26
	60 N	34.86	1	0.26	1.38
	80 N	30.76	1	0.24	1.74
	Azo.	23.56	1	0.23	1.30
	40 N + Azo.	29.83	1.33	0.30	1.51
	60 N + Azo.	38.5	1.33	0.37	1.83
	80 N + Azo.	33.86	1	0.31	1.41
Seawater irrigation effects		⁎⁎	⁎⁎	⁎⁎	⁎⁎
N levels effect		⁎⁎	NS	⁎⁎	⁎⁎
Inoculation effect		⁎⁎	⁎⁎	⁎⁎	⁎⁎
Saline × N-fertilization		NS	NS	⁎	NS
Saline × inoculation effects		NS	NS	⁎⁎	⁎
Saline × N × inoculation effects		NS	NS	⁎⁎	⁎⁎

NS = Non significant.

^⁎ = Significant.

^⁎⁎ = Highly significant.