Fig. 2

Effects of osmotic stress on growth performance of Dongdao-4 and Jigeng-88 plants after transferred to solution containing40 mM mannitol for 1Â day, and 80Â mM mannitol for 1Â day, and then exposed to 120Â mM mannitol for 5Â days, finally recovered for another 3 and 15Â days. Bars, 10Â cm