Table 4 Effect of saline water irrigation on total nitrogen content.

From: Maintaining nitrogen balance under salt stress through enhanced nodule function and antioxidative defense in chickpea

Source of

variation

DF

Mean square

Na+/K+

NR (µmol/gm FW/ hr)

Leaves total N content (%)

Replication

2

0.0003

0.0157

0.0030

Treatment (T)

2

9.3915

139.4970

11.1796

Genotype (G)

9

1.3045

3.2002

2.2256

G x T

18

0.8996

1.8752

0.5841

Treatment/Traits

Control

\({\text{EC}}_{{{\text{iw}}}}\)

6 dSm-1

\({\text{EC}}_{{{\text{iw}}}}\)

9 dSm-1

Control

\({\text{EC}}_{{{\text{iw}}}}\)

6 dSm-1

\({\text{EC}}_{{{\text{iw}}}}\)

9 dSm-1

Control

\({\text{EC}}_{{{\text{iw}}}}\)

6 dSm-1

\({\text{EC}}_{{{\text{iw}}}}\)

6 dSm-1

CSG 8962

0.17a

0.32def

0.48g

2.06ab

3.50a

7.24a

3.24a

2.92abc

2.68a

BG 1103

0.16a

0.39de

0.92d

1.78b

2.56c

6.59bc

3.18ab

2.36d

1.33d

S7

0.19a

0.27f

0.64ef

1.90ab

3.26ab

7.08a

3.20ab

2.98a

2.63ab

DCP 92-3

0.16a

0.53b

2.42c

2.31a

2.15c

4.75d

3.16ab

1.26e

1.02e

ICCV 10

0.13a

0.30ef

0.55fg

1.86b

3.54a

7.00ab

2.94c

2.77bc

2.48b

KWR 108

0.15a

0.28f

0.49g

2.02ab

3.38ab

7.20a

3.13abc

2.96ab

2.65ab

BG 256

0.13a

0.50bc

2.57b

2.15ab

2.39c

3.91e

3.14ab

1.36e

1.16de

K 850

0.16a

0.33def

0.49g

1.90ab

3.38ab

7.33a

3.29a

2.99a

2.77a

JG 16

0.14a

0.42cd

0.72e

1.90ab

3.01b

6.34c

3.19ab

2.75c

1.72c

ICC 4463

0.15a

0.77a

2.98a

2.15ab

2.39c

3.79e

3.04bc

1.44e

1.01e

HSD @ 5%

0.0611

0.4417

0.1937

  1. Values represent the mean from three independent experiments; Superscripted alphabets denote the significance level at P < 0.05.