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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings were grown under NaCl stress. The leaf growth of resistant cv. Damodar was less affected than that of the susceptible cv. Jaya. The leaf protein content showed no distinct cultivar or age dependent differences under NaCl salinity. There was a significant increase in chlorophyll (Chl) and carotenoid (Car) contents of 25-d-oldseedlings of both cv. Jaya and cv. Damodar. However, Chl and Car content of 15-d-old seedlings of cv. Jaya decreased and that of cv. Damodar increased, under NaCl stress.
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Misra, A., Sahu, S., Misra, M. et al. Sodium chloride induced changes in leaf growth, and pigment and protein contents in two rice cultivars. Biologia Plantarum 39, 257–262 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000357323205
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