Table 2. Plant height, leaf area, leaf fresh weight and leaf dry weight per plant for plants grown at varying salt stress for 48 h that were treated with 0.5 mM γ- aminobutyric acid (GABA) or left untreated.

Treatment	Plant height (cm)	Leaf area per plant (cm2)	Leaf fresh weight per plant (g)	Leaf dry weight per plant (g)
0 mM NaCl	29.3 ± 1.1ab	44.75 ± 2.41ab	0.993 ± 0.102a	0.082 ± 0.005b
150 mM NaCl	21.5 ± 1.8c	33.28 ± 1.95c	0.568 ± 0.069c	0.052 ± 0.005c
300 mM NaCl	15.7 ± 1.4d	24.16 ± 2.94d	0.375 ± 0.018d	0.039 ± 0.006c
0 mM NaCl + 0.5 mM GABA	31.6 ± 1.5a	48.32 ± 3.33a	1.124 ± 0.127a	0.097 ± 0.013a
150 mM NaCl + 0.5 mM GABA	26.9 ± 2.6b	43.14 ± 2.73b	0.857 ± 0.026b	0.079 ± 0.006b
300 mM NaCl + 0.5 mM GABA	18.6 ± 1.5 cd	30.97 ± 2.83c	0.517 ± 0.016c	0.047 ± 0.006c

Values are mean ± SE. Values with the same letters in a column are not significantly different at P = 0.05 (LSD test).