parable to saline tolerant check variety Pokkali, while
variety BR29 showed highest salt sensitivity in all salinity
treatments (Table 6).
The radicle dry weight was decreased with increasing
salinity levels. Varieties differences were pronounced in
this character. At high level of salinity (12 and 16 dS m-1),
dry matter reduction in all the variety was serious. At the
lowest salt concentration (4 dS m-1), radical dry weight of
all the varieties were reduced to about 17 - 36% of the
control, whilst Pokkali and MR220 reduced with tremendous
amount of 53 and 63%, respectively. Similar trend
was also observed for EC 8 dS m-1. But from statistical