Table 1.

Morpho-physiological features of Alfalfa after cultivation for 7 days in nutrient medium with or without Cd and Si.

Treatments	Root length (cm)	Root dry weight (mg)	Shoot height (cm)	Shoot dry weight (mg)	Total chl a and b (mg-1 FW)
Cd-	5.1 ± 0.17b	8.6 ± 0.57b	5.3 ± 0.10b	2.1 ± 0.30b	76.5 ± 7.4b
Cd+	1.7 ± 0.45a	4.5 ± 0.50a	3.6 ± 0.30a	1.2 ± 0.15a	40.2 ± 9.8a
Cd+ Si+	4.5 ± 0.70b	7.5 ± 0.50b	4.6 ± 0.65b	1.9 ± 0.15b	80.6 ± 14.3b
Cd- Si+	1.9 ± 0.60a	6.6 ± 2.08ab	3.1 ± 0.64a	1.7 ± 0.56ab	79.4 ± 18.7b

Different letters in each column indicate significant differences between mean ± SD of treatments (n = 3) at a P < 0.05 significance level.