1. The Effects of Salt on Plant Growth
This reduction in growth may result from salt effects on dry matter allocation, ion relations, water status, physiological processes, biochemical reactions or a combination of such factors (Seemann 1985). ... All of the data was compiled in the following table and graphs: % concentration % seeds germinated # of Flowers produced # leaves Stem Height 0 88 2.84 5.6 10.14 0.045 75 5 5.5 17.25 0.09 87.5 1.57 3.14 6.39 0.18 75 2.4 7.7 7.48 0.37 50 1 6 9.15 0.75 25 3.5 6 12 1.5 37.5 0 4 2.45 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Discussion The results support the hypothesis that a small amount of salt in...
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