Table 2.
Effect of Cd (0.4 mM), M1 (109 cells/mL), and M2 (109 cells/mL) and their combinations on Phenolic compounds.
| Treatments | Total Phenols (Mean ± SD) |
Total Flavonoids (Mean ± SD) |
Total Anthocyanins (Mean ± SD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CN | 15.25 ± 0.78 e | 0.772 ± 0.041 e | 2.453 ± 0.35 d |
| Cd | 19.66 ± 0.70 d | 1.009 ± 0.017 c | 4.372 ± 0.27 b |
| M1 | 25.61 ± 0.65 c | 0.861 ± 0.012 d | 4.050 ± 0.20 bc |
| M1+Cd | 30.64 ± 0.61 b | 1.343 ± 0.019 b | 6.542 ± 0.31 a |
| M2 | 21.69 ± 0.73 d | 0.946 ± 0.044 c | 5.084 ± 0.15 b |
| M2+Cd | 36.02 ± 0.92 a | 1.586 ± 0.025 a | 7.154 ± 0.33 a |
| F-ratio(df 1,12) T | 515.8 ** | 1005.7 ** | 279.6 ** |
| F-ratio(df 2,12) D | 445.9 ** | 230.9 ** | 153.7 ** |
| F-ratio(df 2,12) T x D | 84.66 * | 67.47 ** | 1.762 |
| HSD | 2.029 | 0.0830 | 0.751 |
(A) Total phenols (B) total flavonoids, and (C) total anthocyanins in 45-day-old L. esculentum under Cd metal stress. Data is presented as means of 3 replicates ± S.D (standard deviation) and HSD values. F ratio values, * indicates significance at p ≤ 0.05 and ** indicates significance at p ≤ 0.01). Different letters on the table indicate that mean values of treatments are significantly different at p < 0.5 according to Tukey’s multiple comparison test (CN—control, Cd—cadmium, M1—P. aeruginosa, M2—B. gladioli, T—treatment, D—Dose, H.S.D—honestly significant difference).