. 2021 Nov 22;10(11):2544. doi: 10.3390/plants10112544

Table 1.

Effect of increasing NaCl concentration on PH, LN, FW, DW and TWC of eggplant seedlings after 45 days of growth. No data are given for 160 mM due to the high mortality for this salt concentration (Exp 1).

Cultivar	NaCl (mM)	LN	PH (cm)	FW (g)	DW (g)	TWC (%)
P	0	5.0 ± 0.1 ^a	10.1 ± 0.5 ^a	6.40 ± 0.14 ^a	0.97 ± 0.01 ^a	0.85 ± 0.0 ^a
	40	3.8 ± 0.3 ^b	9.30 ± 0.4 ^a	2.20 ± 0.25 ^b	0.51 ± 0.01 ^b	0.77 ± 0.0 ^b
	80	1.6 ± 0.2 ^c	4.10 ± 0.2 ^b	0.35 ± 0.09 ^c	0.21 ± 0.01 ^c	0.40 ± 0.0 ^b
R18	0	5.0 ± 0.1 ^a	9.30 ± 0.5 ^a	5.50 ± 0.17 ^a	0.99 ± 0.02 ^a	0.82 ± 0.0 ^a
	40	5.4 ± 0.2 ^a	10.1 ± 0.4 ^a	4.40 ± 0.21 ^b	0.76 ± 0.03 ^b	0.83 ± 0.0 ^a
	80	4.1 ± 0.1 ^a	4.10 ± 0.2 ^b	3.70 ± 0.04 ^c	0.64 ± 0.02 ^c	0.83 ± 0.0 ^a
R19	0	6.1 ± 0.1 ^a	10.2 ± 0.5 ^a	5.50 ± 0.16 ^a	1.00 ± 0.02 ^a	0.82 ± 0.0 ^a
	40	6.3 ± 0.2 ^a	11.1 ± 0.4 ^a	4.20 ± 0.13 ^b	0.76 ± 0.02 ^b	0.82 ± 0.0 ^a
	80	5.2 ± 0.1 ^a	5.2 ± 0.2 ^b	3.60 ± 0.11 ^c	0.65 ± 0.03 ^c	0.82 ± 0.0 ^a
R23	0	5.0 ± 0.3 ^a	10.7 ± 0.2 ^b	6.10 ± 0.20 ^a	1.10 ± 0.03 ^a	0.82 ± 0.0 ^a
	40	5.5 ± 0.2 ^a	12.5 ± 0.3 ^a	4.90 ± 0.14 ^b	0.84 ± 0.01 ^b	0.83 ± 0.0 ^a
	80	4.8 ± 0.1 ^a	7.00 ± 0.1 ^c	3.80 ± 0.24 ^c	0.66 ± 0.06 ^c	0.83 ± 0.0 ^a
R30	0	5.5 ± 0.2 ^a	11.3 ± 0.4 ^a	6.50 ± 0.18 ^a	1.10 ± 0.03 ^a	0.83 ± 0.0 ^a
	40	6.1 ± 0.1 ^a	11.9 ± 0.3 ^a	5.00 ± 0.12 ^b	0.84 ± 0.04 ^b	0.83 ± 0.0 ^a
	80	5.1 ± 0.3 ^a	6.10 ± 0.1 ^b	3.90 ± 0.19 ^c	0.66 ± 0.07 ^c	0.83 ± 0.0 ^a

Values are means ± standard errors of four replicates. Significant dissimilarities between treatments (p ≤ 0.05) based on Tukey’s HSD test are shown by different lowercase letters within each salinity level (n = 5).