Fig. 1
Box and whisker plots for shoot growth and developmental traits showing natural variation and the effect of different salinity treatments on the average (a) plant height, cm (b) tillers, no. plant− 1, and (c) leaf area, cm2 plant− 1 The whisker below the box represents the first quartile (Q1) or the fifth percentile showing the first 25% of data distribution in this range whereas the whisker above the box represents the third quartile (Q3) or 95th percentile showing the last 25% of the data distribution. The length of the box is called interquartile range (IQR) or (25th to 75th percentile), shows 25 to 75% of the data distribution for that particular trait and the horizontal line in the box indicates the median value. The genotypes below the first quartile or above the third quartile are representing outliers in individual traits, are also indicated