. 2020 Mar 4;10(4):157. doi: 10.1007/s13205-020-2153-2

Table 1.

Effect of elicitors (viz., chitosan, jasmonic acid and salicyclic acid) on plant biomass and yield of withaferin A and withanolide A in WS in open environment

Elicitor	Plant height (cm)	Plant biomass, fresh weight FW (g)	Plant biomass, dry weight DW (g)	Yield (withaferin A) (mg/plant)	Yield (withanolide A) (mg/plant)
Control	35 ± 0.02^a	28 ± 0.84^ab	17 ± 0.36^ab	2.27^a	1.19^a
C10	92 ± 0.25^g	42 ± 0.2	28 ± 0.6^h	23.47^h	3.304^c
C50	90 ± 0.0^g	39 ± 0.1^g	22 ± 0.14^g	16.85^g	2.05^ab
C100	91 ± 0.3^gh	41 ± 0.0^gh	26 ± 0.7^gh	8.762^e	4.602^ab
JA50	94 ± 0.2^h	41 ± 0.5^gh	24 ± 0.9^gh	4.256^d	2.344^a
JA200	78 ± 0.12^f	33 ± 0.6^de	20 ± 0.1^de	3.08^e	5.07^a
JA400	57 ± 0.3^d	31 ± 0.7^cd	22 ± 0.08^c	3.19^c	7.06^a
SA0.5	60 ± 0.8^e	34 ± 0.6e	26 ± 0.2^e	3.62^c	3.042^a
SA1.0	57 ± 0.2^d	29 ± 0.5bc	18 ± 0.2^b	2.69^b	2.016^a
SA2.0	40 ± 0.1^b	26 ± 0.0^a	15 ± 0.10^a	4.20^d	1.075^ab
CD at 1%	1.9	2.15	2.8	1.5	0.05
CD at 5%	1.4	1.54	2.0	1.10	0.03
CV	4.8	3.17	3.2	2.2	2.7

C10, C50, C100 = concentration of chitosan at 10 ppm, 50 ppm and 100 ppm; JA50, JA200, JA400 = concentration of jasmonic acid at 50 ppm, 200 ppm and 400 ppm; SA0.5, SA1.0, SA2.0 = concentration of SA at 0.5 ppm, 1 ppm and 2 ppm

Data shown are mean ± SE_m (n = 3). The genotypes with same superscript, within each assay (parameter) are not significantly different at p ≤ 0.05, according to Duncan multiple comparison procedure (ANOVA)