Some Agronomic and Physiological Aspects of Salt Tolerance in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Abstract Evaluation of commonly grown cotton (Gossypium hir‐sutum L.) genotypes under saline environment may help to cope with the venture of the crop failure in salt‐affected soils. In a pot experiment, four cotton genotypes (MNH‐93, NIAB‐78. S‐12, and B‐557) were grown to compare their relative performance on a sandy clay loam soil (original ECe = 1.9 dS m −1 ) salinized with a salt mixture (Na 2 SO 4 , NaCl, CaCl 2 , MgSO 4 in the ratio of …