## Results and Discussion
### Fresh Yield, Growth Response and Colorimetric Attributes
A one-way analysis of variance (data not presented) within cultivars confirmed the significance of this effect on the more salt-sensitive green cultivar. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Plant Height} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Leaf Number} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Leaf Area} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Leaf Fresh Yield} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Shoot Dy Biomass**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Leaf Colour**} \\
**Source of Variance** & **(cm)** & **(no. plant\({}^{-1}\))** & **(cm\({}^{2}\)-plant\({}^{-1}\))** & **(g-plant\({}^{-1}\))** & **(g-plant\({}^{-1}\))** & **L\({}^{*}\)** & **a\({}^{*}\)** & **b\({}^{*}\)** \\ \hline Genotype (G) & \({}^{*}\) & NS & \({}^{*}\) & NS & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) \\ Salinity (S) & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) \\ C \(\times\) S & NS & \({}^{**}\) & NS & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) & NS \\ Genotype & & & & & & & & \\ Green & \(44.2\pm 2.2\) a & \(115.0\pm 13.9\) a & \(1984.7\pm 288.1\) b & \(50.3\pm 10.1\) a & \(15.8\pm 1.7\) a & \(36.0\pm 0.7\) a & \(-6.7\pm 0.5\) b & \(15.2\pm 0.6\) a \\ Red & \(39.2\pm 1.3\) b & \(121.1\pm 6.5\) a & \(2422.3\pm 182.2\) a & \(45.2\pm 45.3\) a & \(11.8\pm 0.7\) b & \(25.9\pm 0.7\) b & \(4.5\pm 0.3\) a & \(0.9\pm 0.5\) b \\ Salinity (mM NaCl) & & & & & & & \\
1 & \(47.4\pm 2.6\) a & \(164.2\pm 8.7\) a & \(3216.2\pm 174.3\) a & \(67.0\pm 95.5\) a & \(18.9\pm 1.9\) a & \(28.9\pm 27.7\) c & \(-1.0\pm 28.8\) a & \(8.3\pm 3.6\) a \\
10 & \(43.8\pm 2.4\) a & \(132.7\pm 6.7\) b & \(2564.5\pm 132.2\) b & \(56.3\pm 6.6\) ab & \(15.2\pm 1.0\) b & \(29.9\pm 24\) bc & \(-1.9\pm 26.a\) a & \(8.1\pm 3.1\) a \\
20 & \(40.9\pm 1.8\) b & \(105.9\pm 10.1\) c & \(1983.0\pm 260.0\) c & \(45.0\pm 8.2\) b & \(13.0\pm 1.1\) b & \(32.9\pm 2.3\) a & \(-1.6\pm 2.6\) a & \(9.3\pm 3.3\) a \\
30 & \(34.7\pm 1.7\) c & \(69.4\pm 8.9\) d & \(1050.1\pm 221.0\) d & \(22.8\pm 5.6\) c & \(7.0\pm 12.0\) c & \(32.1\pm 2.0\) ab & \(0.1\pm 23.a\) & \(6.5\pm 3.1\) a \\ G \(\times\) S & & & & & & & \\ Green -1 mM NaCl & \(52.2\pm 3.4\) a & \(184.2\pm 8.7\) a & \(3269.1\pm 332.3\) a & \(78.8\pm 8.4\) a & \(23.7\pm 1.2\) a & \(34.9\pm 0.7\) a & \(-7.1\pm 0.5\) a & \(16.3\pm 12.2\) a \\ Green-10 mM NaCl & \(47.4\pm 4.0\) a & \(332.1\pm 1.6\) b & \(2421.1\pm 24.4\) a & \(61.5\pm 10.1\) b & \(17.5\pm 0.8\) b & \(35.2\pm 0.1\) a & \(7.6\pm 0.6\) a & \(15.0\pm 0.3\) a \\ Green-20 mM NaCl & \(41.0\pm 2.4\) a & \(932.2\pm 13.5\) c & \(1648.1\pm 396.2\) a & \(43.8\pm 15.0\) bc & \(13.2\pm 2.0\) bc & \(37.4\pm 2.3\) a & \(-7.3\pm 0.5\) a & \(16.4\pm 19.9\) a \\ Green-20 mM NaCl & \(36.4\pm 3.5\) a & \(50.5\pm 1.4\) d & \(607.0\pm 182.3\) a & \(73.1\pm 17.7\) d & \(6.5\pm 2.4\) d & \(36.3\pm 18.8\) a & \(-5.1\pm 14.3\) a \\ Red-1 mM NaCl & \(42.6\pm 2.3\) a & \(144.2\pm 2.2\) b & \(363.2\pm 169.3\) a & \(55.1\pm 2.2\) b & \(14.1\pm 0.5\) b & \(22.9\pm 11.1\) c & \(5.1\pm 0.8\) a & \(0.2\pm 0.1\) a \\ Red-10 mM NaCl & \(40.4\pm 1.2\) a & \(133.3\pm 2.8\) b & \(2708.0\pm 90.5\) a & \(50.8\pm 2.5\) b & \(12.8\pm 0.1\) c & \(24.4\pm 0.4\) a & \(3.8\pm 0.6\) a & \(1.3\pm 0.8\) a \\ Red-20 mM NaCl & \(40.7\pm 2.9\) a & \(118.6\pm 13.6\) b & \(2317.5\pm 288.0\) a & \(46.0\pm 92.2\) bc & \(13.0\pm 1.3\) c & \(28.4\pm 0.5\) a & \(4.1\pm 0.1\) a & \(2.3\pm 0.8\) a \\ Red-30 mM NaCl & \(33.7\pm 1.8\) a & \(88.2\pm 7.9\) c & \(1500.0\pm 208.6\) a & \(28.3\pm 5.9\) cd & \(7.4\pm 1.2\) d & \(27.9\pm 0.4\) a & \(4.9\pm 0.5\) a & \(-0.4\pm 1.4\) a \\ \hline NS\({}_{*}\), \({}^{**}\) & \({}^{**}\) Nonsignificant or significant at \(p<0.05\), 0.01, and 0.001, respectively. Different letters within each column indicate significant differences according to [PERSON]’s multiple-range test (\(p=0.05\)). All data are expressed as mean \(\pm\) standard error, \(n=3\). & & & & \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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