| Seed priming | Salinity level | No. of leaves seedling−1 | Shoot length (cm) | Root length (cm) | Fresh weight (g∙seedling−1) | Dry weight (g∙seedling−1) |
| No priming | No salt | 2.67 f | 16.18 c | 9.22 d | 62.01 d | 28.3 e |
| NaCl 0.25 dS∙m−1 | 2.67 f | 9.28 f | 4.81 h | 54.0 e | 16.2 h | |
| NaCl 0.5 dS∙m−1 | 1.33 g | 5.68 g | 1.97 j | 40.9 fg | 8.90 i | |
| NaCl 1.0 dS∙m−1 | 0.00 h | 0.00 h | 0.00 | 0.00 j | 0.00 j | |
| Hydropriming 24 hours | No salt | 7.00 a | 21.16 b | 12.51 b | 99.0 a | 37.0 c |
| NaCl 0.25 dS∙m−1 | 5.67 bc | 14.12 d | 8.80 f | 71.3 c | 24.7 f | |
| NaCl 0.5 dS∙m−1 | 4.00 ef | 11.31ef | 4.93 h | 40.2g | 19.8 g | |
| NaCl 1.0 dS∙m−1 | 0.00 g | 0.00 h | 0.00 | 0.00 j | 0.00 j | |
| Hydropriming 48 hours | No salt | 8.00 a | 28.23 a | 14.45 a | 100.8 a | 50.3 a |
| NaCl 0.25 dS∙m−1 | 5.00 bc | 23.00 b | 9.80 d | 70.2 c | 40.3 b | |
| NaCl 0.5 dS∙m−1 | 3.00 ef | 17.01c | 5.71 j | 45.2 f | 30.6 d | |
| NaCl 1.0 dS∙m−1 | 1.33 g | 1.00 h | 1.37 k | 6.78 i | 1.76 j | |
| Halopriming 48 hours | No salt | 4.67 bcd | 18.2 c | 10.80 c | 86.9 b | 31.9 d |
| NaCl 0.25 dS∙m−1 | 4.33 cd | 13.2 de | 5.52 g | 60.4 d | 23.1 f | |
| NaCl 0.5 dS∙m−1 | 3.67 def | 9.44 f | 3.91 i | 40.92 fg | 16.5 h | |
| NaCl 1.0 dS∙m−1 | 0.00 h | 0.00 h | 0.00 | 0.00 j | 0.00 j | |
| Osmopriming 48 hours | No salt | 4.67 bcd | 17.8 c | 9.60 de | 89.8 b | 31.2 d |
| NaCl 0.25 dS∙m−1 | 4.33 cd | 14.2 d | 4.96 h | 59.08 d | 25.1 f | |
| NaCl 0.5 dS∙m−1 | 4.00 cde | 10.5 f | 2.34 j | 31.44 h | 19.6 g | |
| NaCl 1.0 dS∙m−1 | 0.00 h | 8.0 h | 0.00 | 0.00 j | 0.00 j | |
| LSD0.05 | 1.19 | 1.93 | 0.39 | 4.34 | 1.99 | |
| Level of significance | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | |
| CV (%) | 5.53 | 10.2 | 4.31 | 5.49 | 5.95 | |