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The studies were undertaken to investigate the response of rice cultivars under saline conditions. Salinity upto 10 dSm–1 did not affect germination percentage in all varieties but the same level of salinity significantly affected plant height, fresh as well as dry weight of root and shoot and total number of tillers per plant. Germination percentage was not affected in NR1 and NR6 even at 20 dSm–1 salinity level but BAS 370 was severely affected (70.00 percent) at this level of salinity. Regarding parameters studied, NR6 and IR6 showed adaptability under saline conditions.
A decreasing trend in head diameter, number of achenes per head, hundred achene weight and achene yield per plant to as observed as the level of water stress increased from 100 percent to 25 percent of field capacity. Seed oil content was very sensitive to even mild water stress but showed stability under increasing stress conditions. FH-1 responded better at high level of water stress in respect of all the parameters studied except for hundred achene weight, where FH-3 showed better response.
