Table 2.
Treatments | Biomass accumulation (g) | Relative biomass (%) | Root/shoot ratio | ||
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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).