Salin irrigation solutio:" pf ICOO, :'tODD. and 6000 p.p.ill. made up of CaClz :md NaCl were supplied To the plants under test. The carbohydrate content. photosynthetic pigments as well as the conc: entralion of chloropbyll.s :lnd internal osmotic pre~.sure of carrot :lnd beet plants were determined :IS grown at the stress levels specified in sand cultures for 17 weeks. The same parameters were also determined when thesc stressed plants wcrc spr:.lyed with GA3 solution :.It 50 p.p.l11. There was :J trend of relative increase in osmotic pressure accompanied with rcduction in the waler content of the treated plants. The carbohydrate level tcnded to increase in carrot shoots, however lhis level shl1wed ;)n irregular sequence of hydrolysablc sugars associ:1(ed with :1 decreasing leyel of soluble sugars of beet shoots at all spt'cified treatments and the vice Jlersa with respect to beet rools. Photosynthctic pigments exhibited increasing sequence cf beet leaves ill lomTliSL with the data or carrot leaves at aU investigated treatment'i. The application of GA3 solution to the plants grown Ullder salin!t!' failed to reverse the salinity effect.