The results of this study showed that different levels of salinity significantly affected the germination percentage, germination speed and germination index and coefficient of velocity of germination. Variety and salinity effects on seed germination were significant (Table 1). The germination percentage was significantly reduced with increase in salinity levels. The germination percentage in the distilled water control was 25.5% higher than that of seeds treated at a salinity of 15 dS m-1 (Fig. 1a, b). Comparison between varieties showed that KFS4 had 10.4% higher germination percentage than Speedfeed. The germination rate and germination velocity coefficient decreased with increasing salinity (Fig. 2a, b). The highest germination percentage (92.5%) was in distilled water and the lowest was in the 15 dS m-1 salinity treatment. Evaluation between varieties showed that KFS4 had a higher germination percentage (82.91%) than Speedfeed (72.5%). The seed germination of KFS4 was better than Speedfeed in both salty water and non-stress conditions. Salt stress was found to delay germination in both varieties