Table 5.
Phenotype | Treatment concentrations | |||||
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0 (%) | 1 (%) | 3 (%) | 5 (%) | 7 (%) | 10 (%) | |
Plant height (cm) | 10.56 ± 0.89 | 8.8 ± 0.96* | 11.86 ± 1.76 | 13.44 ± 0.59** | 15.14 ± 1.15** | 16.14 ± 0.23** |
Dry weight (mg) | 23.6 ± 0.6 | 22.3 ± 0.5* | 24.6 ± 0.7 | 25.5 ± 0.5** | 26.8 ± 0.4** | 29.6 ± 0.9** |
Root length (cm) | 1.76 ± 0.13 | 1.46 ± 0.18** | 1.97 ± 0.11** | 2.24 ± 0.05** | 2.52 ± 0.10** | 2.69 ± 0.08** |
Chlorophyll (mg/g FW) | 8.83 ± 0.29 | 7.58 ± 0.04** | 9.06 ± 0.27 | 10.27 ± 0.74** | 11.31 ± 0.41** | 11.95 ± 0.47** |
The error bars in this table are SE, while asterisks indicate statistically significant differences from the control (n = 10,
P < 0.05,
P < 0.01).