Abstract
Response to salinity was assessed for the traits like shoot length, root length, fresh shoot weight, fresh root weight,
Na", K+ and K+/Na+ ratio in 44 wheat accessions. Absolute mean values were subjected to analysis of variance. All
the traits differed significantly (P<0.001) for the three NaCI concentrations, 44 accessions and accessions x
concentrations except K+/Na+ ratio (insignificant for accessions), while shoot length and K+ appeared significant
(P<0.01) for interaction. There was highly significant negative correlations between Na+ content and seedling traits
and highly significant positive correlations among K+, K+/Na+ ratio and seedling traits. The genotypes i.e., 18187-11,
18180-11,18194-11,18203-11,K-65 (standard), 18183-11,and DN-5 with good performance for these traits could be
used in breeding programme to develop salt tolerant wheat genotype.
Key words: Wheat, salt tolerance, genetic variability, NaCI salinity
