Table 2. Shoot and root fresh and dry weights of MT hybrid plants watered with 250 mM NaCl and with tap water during 20 days.

  

Control

250 mM NaCl

Substrate

 

 

E.C. (dS m-1)

2.4

8.4

pH

6.9

7.1

Shoot (S)

 

 

Fresh weight (g pl-1)

5.20 a

6.18 a

Dry weight (g pl-1)

0.98 a

1.44 a

Root (R)

 

 

Dry weight

0.14 a

0.55 b

S:R

7.0

2.6

Different letters in a row indicate significant differences between the means (LSD, α: 0.05).

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