Table 1. Interaction of salinity and exogenously applied caffeic acid on fresh and dry biomass of two wheat genotypes.
Values depict the mean of four replicates and figures not sharing the same letter in each column differ significantly at 0.05 probability level. Treatments include (T1) Control (Saline field with EC 8.7 d S m-1), (T2) Saline field + 50 μM Caffeic acid (T3) Saline field + 50 μM Caffeic acid.
| Root fresh weight (g) | Root dry weight (g) | Shoot fresh weight (g) | Shoot dry weight (g) | Root length (cm) | Shoot length (cm) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSD-08 | Zincol-16 | FSD-08 | Zincol-16 | FSD-08 | Zincol-16 | FSD-08 | Zincol-16 | FSD-08 | Zincol-16 | FSD-08 | Zincol-16 | |
| T1 | 10.3 b | 6.4 d | 1.8 ab | 1.4 b | 39.1 c | 28.3 f | 3.40 c | 2.9 d | 8.7 b | 6.6 c | 51 bc | 39.1 c |
| T2 | 10.82 ab | 6.71cd | 2.2 ab | 1.71 ab | 45.2 b | 31.4 e | 4.18 b | 3.44 cd | 9.15 b | 6.9 c | 59.1 ab | 44.7 bc |
| T3 | 11.76 a | 7.14 c | 2.71 a | 2.05 ab | 58.4 a | 34.5 d | 6.1 a | 3.93 c | 9.8 a | 7.2 c | 70 a | 50 bc |