Table 4

Isolate	NaCl concentrations
Isolate	0 mM	50 mM	100 mM	200 mM	300 mM
Rl 1	1.71^c	1.63^c	1.61^c	1.55^b	0.82^b
Rl 2	1.99^a	1.73^b	1.71^b	1.62^a	0.94^a
Rl 3	1.75^bc	1.73^b	1.63^c	1.53^bc	0.60^c
Rl 4	1.76^b	1.78^a	1.61^c	1.66^a	0.56^c
Rl 5	1.78^b	1.65^c	1.54^d	1.52^c	0.47^d
Rl 6	1.67^c	1.72^b	1.58^cd	1.50^c	0.32^e
Rl 8	1.76^b	1.52^d	1.58^cd	1.58^b	0.56^c
Rl 10	1.74^bc	1.78^a	1.76^a	1.64^a	0.96^a

Means within a column followed by the same letter is not significantly different at the p = 0.05 level according to the least significant difference test (Snedecor and Cochran,
1967).

Table 4: Growth of rhizobial isolates measured as (OD)₄₂₀ at different NaCl concentrations.