Table 2.

Effect of seed priming with sorghum water extracts and benzyl aminopurine on growth and chlorophyll contents of wheat under normal and saline conditions

Seed priming	Tillers (per pot)			Seedling fresh weight (g)			Seedling dry weight (g)			Chlorophyll a (mg g−1 FW)			Chlorophyll b (mg g−1 FW)			Total Chlorophyll (mg g−1 FW)
	Normal	Salt stress	Mean	Normal	Salt stress	Mean	Normal	Salt stress	Mean	Normal	Salt stress	Mean	Normal	Salt stress	Mean	Normal	Salt stress	Mean
NP	9	6	8C	2.6	1.9	2.2C	1.1	0.7	0.9D	0.232de	0.206h	0.219D	0.442e	0.436h	0.439D	0.673e	0.641j	0.657E
HP	10	8	9C	3.1	2.5	2.8C	1.5	1.0	1.2C	0.234cd	0.216	0.225C	0.444d	0.433	0.439D	0.678d	0.649i	0.664D
SWE	12	11	12B	5.0	4.1	4.5B	2.7	2.1	2.4B	0.236bc	0.228f	0.232B	0.448c	0.439f	0.444C	0.684c	0.667	0.676C
BAP	15	13	14AB	5.7	5.1	5.4AB	2.8	2.0	2.4B	0.238ab	0.229ef	0.233B	0.453b	0.442e	0.447B	0.691b	0.671	0.681B
SWE + BAP	18	14	16A	6.2	5.1	5.7A	3.2	2.4	2.8A	0.240a	0.235bcd	0.237A	0.455a	0.442e	0.448A	0.695a	0.676f	0.686A
Mean	13A	10B		4.5A	3.7B		2.2A	1.6B		0.236A	0.223B		0.448A	0.438B		0.684A	0.661B
LSD (p 0.05)	SS = 1.63; SP = 2.58			SS = 0.67; SP = 1.07			SS = 0.21; SP = 0.33			SS = 1.40 × 10−3; SP = 2.21 × 10−3; SS × SP = 3.13 × 10−3			SS = 5.92 × 10−4; SP = 9.37 × 10−4; SS × SP = 1.32 × 10−3			SS = 8.94 × 10−4; SP = 1.41 × 10−3; SS × SP = 1.99 × 10−3

Normal = 4 dS m⁻¹; salt stress = 10 dS m⁻¹; NP = non-primed; HP = hydroprimed; SWE = sorghum water extract (5%); BAP = benzyl aminopurine (5 mg L⁻¹); SS = soil salinity level; SP = seed priming

Interaction and main effect means sharing the same case letter for any parameter do not differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05)