Table 3.
Conc. (mM) | Plant height (cm) | No. of leaves | Chlorophyll (µg mg−1 fw) | Root length (cm) | Fresh weight (mg) | Dry weight (mg) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Si | NaCl | Shoot | Root | Shoot | Root | ||||
0 | 0 | 8.1b | 14.2a | 3.04c | 12.6c | 1.28f | 0.57de | 0.14c | 0.086e |
1.8 | 0 | 8.6a | 13.7ab | 3.59b | 13.0bc | 1.52d | 0.84b | 0.17b | 0.115b |
3.6 | 0 | 8.7a | 13.4ab | 3.75a | 13.6c | 1.75b | 0.89a | 0.19a | 0.135a |
7.2 | 0 | 7.4bc | 12.1b | 2.83d | 15.4a | 1.70c | 0.71c | 0.18ab | 0.094d |
0 | 50 | 4.5f | 8.3d | 0.73g | 7.06d | 1.09g | 0.36f | 0.12d | 0.054f |
1.8 | 50 | 5.3d | 12.6b | 2.38e | 14.8b | 1.73b | 0.59d | 0.17b | 0.095d |
3.6 | 50 | 6.5c | 12.8b | 3.73a | 15.8a | 1.84a | 0.60d | 0.18ab | 0.102c |
7.2 | 50 | 5.2d | 10.5c | 1.66f | 14.7b | 1.36e | 0.53e | 0.17b | 0.091de |
Means within a column followed by the same letters are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).