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. 2016 Oct 10;2016:8231873. doi: 10.1155/2016/8231873

Table 2.

Effect of BL on biomass accumulation and root/shoot ratio of in vitro potato plants under NaCl stress.

Treatments Biomass accumulation (g) Relative biomass (%) Root/shoot ratio
Root fresh weight Shoot fresh weight Total plant fresh weight
0 mM NaCl 0.095 ± 0.017B 0.217 ± 0.073B 0.312 ± 0.009B 100 0.438C
0 mM NaCl + BL 0.167 ± 0.103A 0.247 ± 0.089A 0.414 ± 0.008A 133 0.671A
50 mM NaCl 0.057 ± 0.014C 0.158 ± 0.045D 0.215 ± 0.004D 68.9 0.362F
50 mM NaCl + BL 0.070 ± 0.027C 0.173 ± 0.070C 0.243 ± 0.003C 77.9 0.407E
75 mM NaCl 0.034 ± 0.022D 0.078 ± 0.024G 0.112 ± 0.002F 35.9 0.440D
75 mM NaCl + BL 0.050 ± 0.021C 0.106 ± 0.022E 0.156 ± 0.008E 50.0 0.472B
100 mM NaCl 0.009 ± 0.110E 0.071 ± 0.045H 0.086 ± 0.003G 27.6 0.089H
100 mM NaCl + BL 0.011 ± 0.065E 0.093 ± 0.011F 0.104 ± 0.001F 33.3 0.118G

Data represent mean ± SD of three biological replicates and were tested for significance by Duncan's new multiple range test. Columns marked with different capital letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.01).