Table 4. Effect of salinity levels on dry wt, TI, efficiency of inoculants and TiO2NPs concentration of mycorrhizal, and non-mycorrhizal plants supplemented with and without TiO2NPs.
Periods | Dry Wt. g | Efficiency of inoculants | Tolerance index % | Tio2NPs concentrations | |||
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Treatments | Root | Shoot | T.F. | ||||
P. Control | NM | 4.6 | |||||
M | 11.7 | 154 | |||||
TiO2NPs | NM | 4.9 | 6 | 0.53d | 0.77a | 1.45 | |
M | 13.6 | 195 | 0.66b | 0.42c | 0.63 | ||
NaCl 100mM | NM | 3.5 | -24 | 76 | - | - | |
M | 12.9 | 180 | 110 | - | - | ||
NaCl 200mM | NM | 1.9 | -59 | 38 | - | ||
M | 6.8 | 48 | 58 | - | - | ||
TiO2NPs+100mMNaCl | NM | 3.2 | -37 | 65 | 0.47d | 0.79a | 1.68 |
M | 14.9 | 224 | 110 | 0.92a | 0.47a | 0.51 | |
TiO2NPs+NaCl200mM | NM | 1.2 | -74 | 24 | 0.11e | 0.78a | 7.1 |
M | 10.6 | 130 | 78 | 0.91c | 0.48ab | 0.52 | |
LSD (P>0.05) | 0.54 | 0.026 | 0.054 |
Efficiency of inoculants = d.w treated- d.w control / d.w. control; Tolerance index TI % = d.w. Plant at salinity level ×100 / d.w. plant at 0.0 level of salinity; NM; Non-mycorrhizal plants and M; Mycorrhizal plants., Translocation Factors (T F) = level of element in shoot / level of element in root; LSD: At significant level (P>0.05).Sample symbols (a.a) mean non significant difference (a.b) mean significant difference.