TABLE 1.

The Effect of melatonin with/without salt stress on growth parameters in green mustard seedlings.

Treatment	Height (cm)	Leaf length (cm)	Leaf width (cm)	Stem diameter (cm)
0 DAT
Cont	15.3 ± 0.4a	10.9 ± 0.2a	7.9 ± 0.1a	5.2 ± 0.1a
Mel	15.3 ± 0.1a	9.8 ± 0.5b	7.6 ± 0.1a	4.9 ± 0.0b
Salt pretreated Cont	10.1 ± 0.4b	7.1 ± 0.2c	5.2 ± 0.1b	4.1 ± 0.1c
Salt pretreated Mel	10.0 ± 0.1b	6.9 ± 0.1c	5.1 ± 0.1b	4.0 ± 0.0c
4 DAT
Cont	19.1 ± 0.4a	12.8 ± 0.4a	8.4 ± 0.3a	6.1 ± 0.1a
Mel	19.4 ± 0.8a	13.0 ± 0.3a	8.7 ± 0.1a	6.2 ± 0.1a
Salt pretreated Cont	11.8 ± 0.2c	8.3 ± 0.2c	5.4 ± 0.1c	4.5 ± 0.1c
Salt pretreated Mel	13.0 ± 0.3b	9.4 ± 0.3b	6.3 ± 0.1b	4.9 ± 0.1b
8 DAT
Cont	19.2 ± 0.4b	13.5 ± 0.5a	8.5 ± 0.1a	6.9 ± 0.2a
Mel	20.2 ± 0.5a	14.1 ± 0.2a	8.4 ± 0.1a	7.0 ± 0.1a
Salt pretreated Cont	13.6 ± 0.1d	9.4 ± 0.1c	6.1 ± 0.1c	5.2 ± 0.2b
Salt pretreated Mel	14.9 ± 0.3c	10.9 ± 0.3b	7.3 ± 0.2b	5.9 ± 0.2b

The data were calculated from data for 0 (0DAT), 4 (4DAT), and 8 (8DAT) days. Treatment: control + water, control + 1 μM melatonin, 150 mM salt pre-treatment + water, 150 mM salt pre-treatment + 1 μM melatonin. Values indicate the means ± SE (n = 3). Letters represent significant differences at p < 0.05 in accordance with Duncan’s multiple range tests.