Table 2.
Effect of foliar applied STU on the sodium, potassium, calcium and phosphorous level in the shoot and root of the wheat cultivars under cobalt stress conditions
| Cultivars | Treatments | Shoot Na+ (mg/g FW) | Root Na+
(mg/g FW) |
Shoot K+
(mg/g FW) |
Root K+
(mg/g FW) |
Shoot Ca+2 (mg/g FW) | Root Ca+2 (mg/g FW) | Shoot P (mg/g FW) |
Root P (mg/g FW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSD-2008 | Control | 24 ± 1.61de | 38.3 ± 1.12bcd | 27 ± 0.89ab | 49.6 ± 1.36bc | 19.3 ± 0.68bc | 26 ± 1.18bc | 0.15 ± 0.007abc | 0.08 ± 0.003ab |
| STU | 21 ± 0.89e | 32.6 ± 1.36d | 29 ± 0.93ab | 57.6 ± 1.36ab | 23 ± 0.89ab | 30.6 ± 0.93ab | 0.18 ± 0.005ab | 0.09 ± 0.003ab | |
| Co | 29 ± 0.89abc | 42.6 ± 1.36bc | 19 ± 1.1 cd | 28.3 ± 1.36d | 21 ± 0.89abc | 28.3 ± 0.93abc | 0.16 ± 0.007abc | 0.06 ± 0.003 cd | |
| STU + Co | 25 ± 1.61de | 36.3 ± 1.86 cd | 32.3 ± 1.18a | 64.3 ± 1.4a | 25.3 ± 0.68a | 34.3 ± 0.68a | 0.20 ± 0.005a | 0.10 ± 0.002a | |
| Zincol-2016 | Control | 33 ± 0.68ab | 44.3 ± 1.12abc | 23 ± 0.89bc | 48.3 ± 1.36c | 17 ± 0.89c | 21.3 ± 0.93c | 0.13 ± 0.006c | 0.07 ± 0.003bc |
| STU | 28 ± 1.36bcd | 40.6 ± 1.34bcd | 26.3 ± 1.36ab | 52.6 ± 1.43bc | 19.3 ± 0.68bc | 25 ± 0.89bc | 0.15 ± 0.013bc | 0.08 ± 0.002b | |
| Co | 35 ± 0.68a | 52.3 ± 1.36a | 16 ± 1.6d | 44.3 ± 1.4c | 18 ± 0.44bc | 23 ± 0.89c | 0.14 ± 0.006bc | 0.05 ± 0.004d | |
| STU + Co | 30 ± 1.8abc | 46.3 ± 1.69ab | 29 ± 0.89ab | 58.3 ± 1.36ab | 22 ± 1.36abc | 27 ± 0.89bc | 0.18 ± 0.005ab | 0.09 ± 0.002ab |
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