BIOSAFOR - BIOSALINE (AGRO) FORESTRY - Central Soil Salinity ...
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Treatment<br />
(dS/m)<br />
1.4<br />
15<br />
20<br />
30<br />
40<br />
1.4<br />
15<br />
20<br />
30<br />
40<br />
1.4<br />
15<br />
20<br />
30<br />
40<br />
1.4<br />
12<br />
18<br />
24<br />
30<br />
1.4<br />
12<br />
18<br />
24<br />
30<br />
1.4<br />
12<br />
18<br />
24<br />
30<br />
Pl. ht.<br />
( cm)<br />
Prosopis glandulosa<br />
176.3 20 238.9 26.5 226.6 492.0 36 246.8<br />
165.3 15 189.5 41.1 192.0 422.6 28 192.5<br />
157.8 10 154.9 47.2 143.2 345.3 22 153.5<br />
157.3 6 99.3 26.2 78.6 204.1 15 116.5<br />
127.7 5 92.0 26.1 63.2 181.3 14 100.3<br />
Prosopis alba (0465)<br />
189.0 17 212.4 9.1 118.3 339.7 27 148.0<br />
170.8 11 141.8 54.0 112.2 308.0 21 144.7<br />
152.7 13 140.1 20.1 101.2 261.4 19 131.0<br />
150.8 7 141.3 32.5 80.0 253.8 16 115.9<br />
145.5 5 125.2 15.8 72.7 213.7 15 103.8<br />
Prosopis juliflora<br />
205.0 17 257.0 26.5 115.0 398.4 27 135.3<br />
170.0 13 195.4 24.0 97.1 316.5 22 115.5<br />
164.5 13 171.1 20.8 93.4 285.4 21 98.3<br />
151.0 10 153.9 18.6 59.7 232.2 14 94.0<br />
137.5 6 104.2 17.1 51.3 172.6 13 83.7<br />
Pongamia pinnata<br />
120.0 4 65.7 34.0 121.8 221.5 21 118.8<br />
90.5 4 28.8 18.7 62.9 110.3 14 84.5<br />
85.8 3 32.4 16.3 35.9 84.6 12 64.5<br />
78.0 2 28.3 42.7 71.0 10 52.3<br />
62.3 2 21.5 10.0 24.8 56.3 8 41.3<br />
Terminalia arjuna<br />
132.0<br />
117.0<br />
110.8<br />
105.0<br />
89.6<br />
63.2<br />
61.8<br />
54.0<br />
45.6<br />
32.8<br />
No. of<br />
brs/pl<br />
18<br />
13<br />
13<br />
8<br />
7<br />
10<br />
3<br />
3<br />
2<br />
Stem<br />
wt.<br />
(g)<br />
113.4 58.9<br />
90.3 38.3<br />
60.5 19.9<br />
26.4<br />
28.3 21.3<br />
Jatropha curcas<br />
300.2<br />
130.0<br />
131.5<br />
52.1<br />
13.0<br />
Leaf wt.<br />
(g)<br />
150.0<br />
38.1<br />
23.4<br />
13.5<br />
0 0.0<br />
Root<br />
wt.<br />
(g)<br />
123.3<br />
78.6<br />
61.2<br />
34.9<br />
28.7<br />
204.6<br />
45.0<br />
43.6<br />
19.2<br />
16.1<br />
Total<br />
plant wt.<br />
(g)<br />
295.6<br />
207.1<br />
141.6<br />
61.4<br />
78.3<br />
654.8<br />
213.2<br />
198.5<br />
84.8<br />
29.1<br />
No. of<br />
roots<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
7<br />
6<br />
22<br />
14<br />
13<br />
10<br />
7<br />
Root<br />
length<br />
(cm)<br />
81.8<br />
78.6<br />
72.0<br />
62.4<br />
59.2<br />
65.0<br />
50.0<br />
46.8<br />
46.3<br />
43.3<br />
Table 4 : Effect of five levels of salinity on different plant growth parameters of exotic species imported from<br />
Australia in plants harvested after one and half year of salinization.<br />
Treatment<br />
(dS/m)<br />
1.4<br />
15<br />
20<br />
30<br />
40<br />
Pl. ht.<br />
(cm)<br />
189.3<br />
154.8<br />
125.8<br />
96.0<br />
70.3<br />
No. of<br />
branches<br />
15<br />
12<br />
12<br />
4<br />
4<br />
Acacia ampliceps<br />
Stem Leaf<br />
wt. (g) wt. (g)<br />
128.0 164.0<br />
111.7 130.5<br />
45.4 91.3<br />
31.4 65.5<br />
23.7 56.6<br />
Root<br />
wt. (g)<br />
105.0<br />
66.4<br />
60.2<br />
36.7<br />
28.6<br />
Total<br />
Pl. wt. (g)<br />
397.0<br />
308.7<br />
196.9<br />
133.6<br />
108.9<br />
No. of<br />
Roots<br />
23<br />
19<br />
15<br />
12<br />
9<br />
Root<br />
length<br />
85<br />
74<br />
58<br />
42<br />
35<br />
7