TABLE 2.

Shoot dry weight, root dry weight, total dry weight, root/shoot ratio, and plant height of wheat seedlings treated with B2 and B5 after salt treatment for 11 days.

Treatment	Shoot dry weight (g/plant)	Root dry weight (g/plant)	Total dry weight (g/plant)	Root/Shoot ratio	Plant height (cm)
Control	0.151 ± 0.028 cde	0.051 ± 0.010 cd	0.20 e	0.348 ± 0.017 d	35.1 ± 1.441 cd
ABA	0.179 ± 0.036 abc	0.066 ± 0.011 ab	0.25 bc	0.353 ± 0.032 d	33.7 ± 1.222 de
B2	0.203 ± 0.023 a	0.073 ± 0.007 a	0.27 a	0.363 ± 0.045 cd	39.8 ± 0.513 a
B5	0.188 ± 0.017 ab	0.069 ± 0.016 ab	0.26 b	0.393 ± 0.051 bcd	37.7 ± 1.466 b
Salt	0.064 ± 0.013 f	0.023 ± 0.002 e	0.08 f	0.337 ± 0.011 d	27.6 ± 1.909 f
Salt + ABA	0.145 ± 0.028 de	0.056 ± 0.007 bcd	0.21 e	0.390 ± 0.037 b	32.8 ± 1.120 e
Salt + B2	0.161 ± 0.007 bcd	0.069 ± 0.012 ab	0.23 d	0.427 ± 0.062 abc	33.4 ± 1.602 de
Salt + B5	0.130 ± 0.023 e	0.063 ± 0.013 abc	0.19 e	0.480 ± 0.038 a	33.1 ± 0.680 de

Means (n = 5) followed by the same letter are not significantly different from each other within the same column at P = 0.05.