Table 1.
Effect of seedling treated with Bacillus cereus physiological parameter of two rice cultivars under cadmium stress.
Cultivar | Priming | Treatments | Length | Fresh Weight | Dry Weight | |||
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Shoot | Root | Shoot | Root | Shoot | Root | |||
Basmati-385 | Control | Control | 32.5 ± 0.883bc | 10.5 ± 0.673d | 0.7616 ± 0.01de | 0.2302 ± 0.115e | 0.192 ± 0.005d | 0.024 ± 0.007l |
100 µM | 27.5 ± 0.98f | 8.25 ± 0.237ef | 0.695 ± 0.017bc | 0.1719 ± 0.025j | 0.161 ± 0g | 0.021 ± 0.003m | ||
200 µM | 23 ± 0.784g | 7 ± 0.023fg | 0.6121 ± 0.005bcd | 0.1445 ± 0.075l | 0.142 ± 0.004j | 0.019 ± 0.005o | ||
400 µM | 20.5 ± 0.93gh | 5 ± 0.1h | 0.5278 ± 0.01cde | 0.1197 ± 0.105n | 0.114 ± 0n | 0.013 ± 0.006p | ||
B. Cereus | Control | 38 ± 0.937a | 17 ± 0.883a | 1.05 ± 0.01a | 0.304 ± 0.055b | 0.224 ± 0.005b | 0.032 ± 0.008i | |
100 µM | 33.5 ± 0.94bc | 12.5 ± 0.345c | 0.84 ± 0.025ab | 0.22 ± 0.045f | 0.198 ± 0.009c | 0.028 ± 0.001j | ||
200 µM | 28 ± 1.02ef | 11.5 ± 0.23ef | 0.695 ± 0.005bc | 0.1924 ± 0.03i | 0.179 ± 0.003e | 0.025 ± 0.006k | ||
400 µM | 26.5 ± 0.938f | 11 ± 0.17d | 0.6232 ± 0.035bcd | 0.1743 ± 0.04k | 0.134 ± 0.008k | 0.02 ± 0.004n | ||
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Shaheen Basmati | Control | Control | 29.5 ± 0.75de | 12.5 ± 0.373c | 0.7011 ± 0.175bc | 0.2366 ± 0.03d | 0.161 ± 0.009h | 0.034 ± 0.003c |
100 µM | 26.5 ± 0.518f | 9.75 ± 0.198de | 0.5263 ± 0.1cde | 0.202 ± 0.055h | 0.141 ± 0.004j | 0.029 ± 0.007e | ||
200 µM | 25 ± 0.893g | 8.25 ± 0.303ef | 0.4447 ± 0.03fg | 0.179 ± 0.045j | 0.127 ± 0l | 0.024 ± 0.001f | ||
400 µM | 20.5 ± 0.576gh | 6.25 ± 0.029gh | 0.3194 ± 0.03g | 0.1371 ± 0.025m | 0.107 ± 0.001o | 0.02 ± 0.008h | ||
B. Cereus | Control | 34.4 ± 0.345b | 16 ± 0.38b | 0.991 ± 0.025efg | 0.295 ± 0.045a | 0.235 ± 0.009a | 0.038 ± 0.001a | |
100 µM | 32.5 ± 1.19bc | 14 ± 0.084c | 0.991 ± 0.025a | 0.279 ± 0.105c | 0.176 ± 0.001f | 0.031 ± 0.001b | ||
200 µM | 30.65 ± 0.73cde | 9.85 ± 0.057ef | 0.791 ± 0.03fg | 0.212 ± 0.015g | 0.147 ± 0.008i | 0.027 ± 0.001d | ||
400 µM | 27.75 ± 0.978ef | 8.95 ± 0.303e | 0.55 ± 0.03fg | 0.2 ± 0.015h | 0.119 ± 0.009m | 0.023 ± 0.007g |
Each value represents the mean of three replications of each treatment. The same letters within a column indicate that there was no significant difference at a 95% probability level (p < 0.05).