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. 2024 Feb 21;24:126. doi: 10.1186/s12870-024-04795-1

Table 1.

Effect of foliar applied STU on the morphological indices of the wheat cultivars under cobalt stress conditions

Cultivars Treatments Shoot fresh weight (mg/g FW) Root fresh weight (mg/g FW) Shoot dry weight (mg/g FW) Root dry weight (mg/g FW) Shoot length (cm) Root length (cm) Leaf area (cm 2)
FSD-2008 Control 4.82 ± 0.2ab 0.40 ± 0.01abc 0.62 ± 0.02ab 0.17 ± 0.01ab 61.1 ± 2.1ab 16.3 ± 0.1b 30.4 ± 0.1abcd
STU 5.28 ± 0.2ab 0.45 ± 0.01ab 0.7 ± 0.02a 0.20 ± 0.01ab 65.6 ± 1.1ab 20.6 ± 1.1ab 34.2 ± 0.1ab
Co 3.64 ± 0.2 cd 0.29 ± 0.02de 0.45 ± 0.03bc 0.08 ± 0.01c 45.3 ± 1.1 cd 10 ± 0.4c 22.8 ± 1.0d
STU + Co 5.65 ± 0.2a 0.48 ± 0.014a 0.75 ± 0.03a 0.25 ± 0.02a 70.6 ± 1.6a 24.3 ± 1.3a 38.4 ± 1.5a
Zincol-2016 Control 4.31 ± 0.1bc 0.36 ± 0.01 cd 0.49 ± 0.01bc 0.14 ± 0.01bc 53.3 ± 2.5bc 14.5 ± 0.6b 25.8 ± 0.5 cd
STU 4.87 ± 0.2ab 0.38 ± 0.01bc 0.58 ± 0.04ab 0.18 ± 0.02ab 58.3 ± 2.3abc 17.6 ± 1.4b 30.1 ± 1.1bcd
Co 3.06 ± 0.1d 0.24 ± 0.02e 0.40 ± 0.01c 0.07 ± 0.01c 34.3 ± 0.7d 8.33 ± 0.1c 14.9 ± 1.3e
STU + Co 5.15 ± 0.2ab 0.41 ± 0.01abc 0.68 ± 0.02a 0.19 ± 0.02ab 63.6 ± 3.1ab 20 ± 1.3ab 33.0 ± 0.1abc

STU Sulfur rich thiourea, CO Cobalt stress, Difference among the letters after the values (means ± standard error of three replicates) shows a significant difference across the mean at p < 0.05 according to the Tukey HSD test