Table 2.

Effect of phosphorus and salinity on the biomass accumulation and allocation in maize.

P supply	Salinity	Shoot dry weight (g)	Root dry weight (g)	Root mass ratio (%)
High P	−NaCl	2.634 ± 0.15a	0.494 ± 0.03a	15.782 ± 0.10c
	+NaCl	1.322 ± 0.05b	0.306 ± 0.02c	18.794 ± 0.66b
Low P	−NaCl	0.708 ± 0.03c	0.411 ± 0.01b	36.761 ± 0.43a
	+NaCl	0.649 ± 0.02c	0.380 ± 0.01b	36.953 ± 1.04a

The values are mean ± SE (n = 4). Different letters within each column denote significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) between treatments.