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The salt tolerance of 2 bread wheat cultivars were evaluated in pot and petri dishes grown under different salt solutions. The results indicated that the cultivar shoeleh was more tolerant than Bay at. The dilutions of Persian golf sea water at 40 and 60% , saline soil extract at 20 and 40% could be used to distinguish the differences between cultivars. Among characters studied, the number and length of roots and plant height were significantly different for the treatment at 1% level of probability.