Table 2.

Naringenin induced variation in endogenous auxin accumulation leading to a morphological alteration in mungbean shoot and root sections

Sample/parameter	Shoot length	Lateral root count	Shoot endogenous IAA	Root endogenous IAA
Pre-IAA exposure
Control	52.7 ± 2.5	10.7 ± 0.57	36.5 ± 0.2	29.5 ± 0.5
0.2 mM naringenin	73.7 ± 7.1c	8 ± 2b	38.66 ± 0.4a	26.96 ± 0.2a
0.4 mM naringenin	84.3 ± 1.2c	7.8 ± 0.83b	42.96 ± 0.4c	22.43 ± 0.7c
0.6 mM naringenin	89.0 ± 2.2c	6.3 ± 1c	47.81 ± 0.3c	18.58 ± 0.3c
0.8 mM naringenin	99.0 ± 3.4c	6.2 ± 0.44c	49.81 ± 0.3c	16.5 ± 0.2c
1 mM naringenin	112.3 ± 9.3c	6 ± 1c	53.27 ± 0.2c	13.89 ± 0.4c
Post-IAA exposure
Control	147.5 ± 19.4	18 ± 4	35.66 ± 0.1c	37.27 ± 0.2c
0.2 mM naringenin	113.8 ± 10.6b	25 ± 2b	31.81 ± 0.1c	49.73 ± 0.4c
0.4 mM naringenin	92.0 ± 8.2c	29.2 ± 4c	29.27 ± 0.2c	53.04 ± 0.3c
0.6 mM naringenin	67.3 ± 8.1c	31.8 ± 2c	26.27 ± 0.1c	55.89 ± 0.2c
0.8 mM naringenin	50.2 ± 13.1c	33.4 ± 3c	22.96 ± 0.2c	59.04 ± 0.3c
1 mM naringenin	43.8 ± 14.6c	35.4 ± 1c	19.66 ± 0.3c	63.12 ± 0.2c

The measurements are the mean ± SD of four replicates, (^aP < 0.05; ^bP < 0.01; ^cP < 0.001)