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Analysis of two month old plants of two varieties of rice Pokkali (salt tolerant) and IR 28 (salt sensitive) revealed that more Na+ was present in the sheath than in the blades of both varieties grown in control plot In the saline plots Na+ content in both leaf segments of both varieties were higher than their respective controls. However, more Na+ was accumulated in the sheath than in the blades. In the non-saline plots, Cl− content in the blades was higher than the sheath of both varieties. In the saline plot, Cl− level remained high in the blades of IR 28 but in Pokkali, leaf sheath had more Cl− than the blades.
