Table 1: Effects of NaCl treatment on growth and dry weight of M. sacchariflorus plants.

NaCl (mmol/L) Plant height(cm) Root length (cm) Shoot number (per plant) Culm number (per plant) Dry weight (g per plant) Root-shoot ratio
Aboveground part Underground part
0 113.67 ± 7.99a 19.55 ± 0.64a 4.1 ± 0.6c 5.0 ± 1.7a 9.34 ± 1.73a 2.49 ± 0.47a 0.29 ± 0.03b
50 109.50 ± 9.50a 17.58 ± 1.18b 7.1 ± 1.3b 3.8 ± 1.1a 8.24 ± 0.92b 2.06 ± 0.28b 0.30 ± 0.06b
100 100.42 ± 7.80b 13.75 ± 1.44c 9.3 ± 1.8a 4.0 ± 1.4a 7.83 ± 1.18b 2.32 ± 0.90a 0.32 ± 0.04a
200 88.50 ± 4.65c 12.90 ± 1.03c 7.4 ± 2.6b 4.8 ± 2.3a 3.09 ± 0.46c 0.71 ± 0.14c 0.23 ± 0.05c

Data are means ± SD (n = 6); Different letters indicate a significant difference at p < 0.05.