Screening of Genotypes for Salt Tolerance at Seedling
Stage: All genotypes were grown robustly and showed
uniform green colour and height in the non-salinized
condition. In salinized condition, the genotypes
showed wide variation in phenotypes ranging from
score 1 (highly tolerant) and score 9 (highly susceptible)
(Fig. 1). The most salinity tolerant germplasms werematter ranged from 40-75. Lower percent reduction
of total dry matter was found in genotypes Pokkali,
TNDB-100 and THDB. In contrast, Kaliboro 139-2 and
Kaliboro 109-4 showed higher percent reduction of
total dry matter. Tolerant cultivars showed less growth
reduction than sensitive genotypes under salinized
conditions