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.