Fifteen low land tef genotypes ( 10 accessions and 5 varieties) were tested during germinationrnand later growth stages at OdS /m ( control ), 2dS/m, 4dS/m, 8dS/m, 12dS/m and 16dS /m and datarnanalysis iras carried out using SAS package ( SAS version 8.2, 2001 ). During germination andrnduring later growth stages 3 and 14 characters were measured respectively and data analysisrnshowed significant variation among most parameters recorded during each growth stage forrnaccessions and varieties ( P