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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

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