variety. However, at EC of 16 dS m-1 seed germination
did not occur for all varieties. The result agreed with the
work of Karim et al. (1992), Khan et al. (1997) that salinity
delays germination processes. Folkard and Wopereis
(2001) reported that salinity delayed germination in rice
with increasing salt stress. In this study, some of the
variety had high FGP but low GE%, which means that
most of the seeds from these varieties might be germinated
after 4 days. The varieties with high GE% value at
specific salinity level obviously would be of higher competitive
advantages than the varieties having lower GE%
value for capturing environmental and edaphic resources.