Shoot growth performance of the four barley genotypes (CM72, Gairdner, XZ16 and XZ169) under normal, moderate and high salinity conditions.

<p>(A) shoot dry weight (g⁻¹ plant) at 35 days after salinity treatments and normal conditions (four biological replicates, bars show SE), * and ** indicates significant (P<0.05) and highly significant difference (P<0.01), respectively; (B) shoot relative dry weight (%) at 35 days after moderate (150 mM NaCl) and high (300 mM) salinity treatment; (C) pictures of shoot-plants of CM72, Gairdner, XZ16 and XZ169 at 35 days after salinity treatment and normal conditions.