Table 6.

Effect of Si on membrane stability index (MSI) in tomato and cucumber under Cd stress.

	MSI (%)
	Tomato		Cucumber
Treatment	Leaf	Root	Leaf	Root
CT	96.3 ± 1.5a	73.5 ± 4.5a	94.9 ± 1.2ab	88.0 ± 2.8a
Si	95.5 ± 0.8a	78.4 ± 3.7a	96.0 ± 0.8a	85.2 ± 9.7ab
Cd	80.1 ± 1.1c	54.7 ± 3.9b	85.2 ± 1.4c	76.3 ± 3.1b
Si + Cd	92.7 ± 0.9b	68.6 ± 2.1a	94.0 ± 0.8b	84.7 ± 4.0ab

Data are means ± SD. Values followed by different letters within a column represent significant difference at P< 0.05 according to one-way ANOVA.