Breeding for Saline-resistant Varieties of Rice : II. Comparative Performance of Some Rice Varieties to Salinity During Early Development Stages

The response of four rice varieties : Blue-bonnet, IR 8, Jhona 349 and Magnola to salinization during germination and early, development stages was observed by using water-culture techniques. The three rice varie-ties : Bluebonnet, Jhona 349 and Magnolia were highly resistant to salinity during germina-tion. In general, all the four rice varieties were much more sensitive during the young-seedling and at the transplanting stages than during the...