Table 2.

Effect of increasing levels of NaCl on fresh weight, dry weight, and tissue water content of parent and somaclones.

Lines	NaCl (mM)	FW (g)	DW (g)	TWC (g H2O/g DW)
P	0	140.9 ± 3.2 c	25.7 ± 1.2 b	0.81 ± 0.9 b
	80	80.6 ± 3.2 c	20.3 ± 4.2 b	0.74 ± 3.2 c
	120	48.3 ± 3.5 c	15.1 ± 4.5 b	0.68 ± 2.1 c
R8	0	170.7 ± 1.6 b	30.4 ± 2.6 a	0.82 ± 1.3 b
	80	150.8 ± 2.3 b	28.4 ± 3.3 a	0.81 ± 2.1 b
	120	120.3 ±1.7 b	23.2 ± 2.7 a	0.80 ± 1.6 b
R12	0	169.6 ± 1.2 b	30.1 ± 2.2 a	0.82 ± 1.1 b
	80	158. 9 ± 2.4 b	28.2 ± 1.4 a	0.82 ± 2.3 b
	120	128.3 ± 6.2 b	23.6 ± 2.2 a	0.81 ± 2.1 b
R18	0	215.5 ± 2.7 a	31 ± 0.7 a	0.85 ± 2.7 a
	80	200.4 ± 5.1 a	29.1 ± 3.1 a	0.85 ± 1.3 a
	120	165.5 ± 2.1 a	24.2 ± 1.1 a	0.85 ± 1.1 a
R19	0	216.5 ± 2.1 a	31.5 ± 1.1 a	0.85 ± 2.1 a
	80	200.3 ± 2.0 a	29.4 ± 1.0 a	0.85 ± 0.9 a
	120	166.4 ± 2.0 a	24.3 ± 3.1 a	0.85 ± 2.3 a
R22	0	170.6 ± 3.7 b	30.2 ± 3.7 a	0.82 ± 0.8 b
	80	165.3 ± 2.1 b	28.3 ± 1.1 a	0.82 ± 2.3 b
	120	125.6 ±1.2 b	23.1 ± 1.2 a	0.81 ±1.7 b
R23	0	217.5 ±1.9 a	31.5 ± 2.9 a	0.85 ±1.5 a
	80	202.3 ± 5.1 a	29.4 ± 3.1 a	0.85 ± 1.3 a
	120	165.3 ± 2.1 a	24.2 ± 1.1 a	0.85 ± 0.9 a
R25	0	167.5 ± 1.2 b	30.8 ± 2.2 a	0.81 ± 1.3 b
	80	157.2 ± 2.0 b	28.7 ± 2.0 a	0.81 ± 0.8 b
	120	130.2 ± 2.0 b	24.5 ± 2.3 a	0.81 ± 1.1 b
R28	0	165.8 ± 3.7 b	29.6 ± 2.7 a	0.82 ±2.1 b
	80	152.3 ± 2.1 b	27.5 ± 2.2 a	0.81 ± 2.1 b
	120	122.4 ± 1.2 b	22.2 ± 1.5 a	0.81 ± 1.1 b
R30	0	217.1 ± 4.2 a	33.2 ± 3.2 a	0.84 ± 2.2 a
	80	201.0 ± 3.6 a	31.1 ± 3.7 a	0.84 ± 2.5 a
	120	168.0 ± 3.9 a	26 ± 3.9 a	0.84 ± 2.9 a
R32	0	160.3 ± 2.9 b	30.4 ± 1.9 a	0.81 ± 1.1 b
	80	249.3 ± 2.5 a	28.4 ± 2.8 a	0.80 ± 3.1 b
	120	120.3 ± 0.9 b	23.2 ± 0.8 a	0.80 ± 1.8 b

Values are means ± standard errors of four replicates. Significant dissimilarities between lines based on Student’s t-test at 5% level are shown by different lower case letters within each salinity level (n = 4).