Table 2.

Effects of NaCl stress on plant height and biomass of two asparagus cultivars.

Cultivars	Treatment	Plant Height(cm)	Root Dry Weight Per Plant (g)	Biomass Per Plant (g)
Apollo	CK	31.84 ± 2.54 a	0.17 ± 0.01 a	0.32 ± 0.01 a
	Stress	25.40 ± 2.52 b	0.18 ± 0.02 a	0.31 ±0.02 a
	Relative value	80%	106%	96%
JL1	CK	30.82 ± 2.33 a	0.08 ± 0.01 a	0.20 ± 0.03 a
	Stress	17.02 ± 0.86 b	0.07 ± 0.02 a	0.14 ± 0.02 b
	Relative value	55%	79%	71%

Data are means ± SE of three replicates each containing five grown plants independently. Lower case letters indicate differences (p ≤ 0.05) between treatments.