TABLE 2.

Dry matter weight of cotton under salt and alkali stresses.

Treatment	Biomass (g/plant)
	Leaf	Stem	Root	Total
CK	1.45 ± 0.013 a	1.72 ± 0.009 a	0.94 ± 0.006 a	4.11 ± 0.021 a
CS	0.77 ± 0.005 b	0.59 ± 0.010 c	0.63 ± 0.003 b	1.98 ± 0.006 b
AS	0.60 ± 0.007 c	0.72 ± 0.014 b	0.62 ± 0.013 b	1.93 ± 0.017 b

Mean ± SE.

Different lowercase letters after the data in the same column indicate significant differences among different treatments (P < 0.05).

CK, control treatment without salt or alkali stress; CS, NaCl stress treatment; AS, Na₂CO₃ + NaHCO₃ stress treatment.