Table 2 Effect of two different vitamin B forms on vegetative growth characteristics of Vicia faba plant grown under salinity stress.
Treatments | Shoot length (cm) | Root length (cm) | Shoot fresh wt (g) | Soot dry wt. (g) | Root fresh wt. (g) | Root dry wt. (g) | No of leaves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.0 | 25.5 ± 0.49 cd | 22 ± 0.42 bc | 9.56 ± 0. .17 d | 0.96 ± 0.015 d | 4.63 ± 0.07 de | 0.33 ± 0.013 de | 6 ± 0.092 b |
NaCl (100 mM) | 21.3 ± 0.39 e | 15.5 ± 0.27 e | 6.17 ± 0.11 g | 0.66 ± 0.012 f. | 2.21 ± 0.06 f. | 0.21 ± 0.012 e | 5 ± 0.09 c |
Py 50 | 27.5 ± 0.60 b | 25.3 ± 0.49 a | 13.70 ± 0.25 a | 1.17 ± 0.020 ab | 7.82 ± 0.14 a | 0.59 ± 0.016 b | 7 ± 0.12 b |
Py 50 + NaCl (100 mM) | 25 ± 0.48 cd | 20.4 ± 0.37 d | 7.71 ± 0.13 ef | 0.93 ± 0.015 d | 4.12 ± 0.07 e | 0.56 ± 0.015 bc | 6 ± 0.091 a |
Py 100 | 26.3 ± 0.52 cd | 25.5 ± 0.49 a | 11.72 ± 0.21 c | 1.10 ± 0.020 c | 7.47 ± 0.14 c | 0.59 ± 0.016 bc | 8 ± 0.014 a |
Py 100 + NaCl (100 mM) | 24.5 ± .43 cd | 21.4 ± 0.38 bcd | 8 ± 0.14 b | 0.71 ± 0.012 ef | 5.50 ± 0.10 ef | 0.44 ± 0.014 cd | 7 ± 0.12 a |
Th 50 | 26 ± 0.50 bc | 22.5 ± 0.40 a | 11.71 ± 0.20 c | 1.12 ± 0.017 bc | 6.10 ± 0.12 bc | 0.64 ± 0.017 b | 8 ± 0.14 a |
Th 50 + NaCl (100 mM) | 23.8 ± 0.42 d | 21.0 ± 0.38 | 7.41 ± 0.13 f. | 0.72 ± 0.012 e | 5.00 ± 0.09 cde | 0.51 ± 0.015 bc | 7 ± 0.12 a |
Th 100 | 30 ± .85 a | 25 ± 0.49 a | 12.61 ± 0.23 b | 1.18 ± 0.03 a | 7.87 ± 0.14 a | 1.05 ± 0.12 a | 8 ± 0.14 a |
Th 100 + NaCl (100 mM) | 25.7 ± 0.55 ab | 22.2 ± 0.42 a | 7.86 ± 0.17 ef | 0.81 ± 0.013 f. | 5.89 ± 0.08 bc | 0.58 ± 0.016 bc | 7 ± 0.12 a |
L.S.D at 5% | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.18 | 1.3 | 0.06 | 1 |