Table 3.
Profile of chosen phytohormones in shoots of non-metallicolous (NM) and metallicolous (M) Alyssum montanum cultures growing on both control metal-free and heavy metal enriched (HMs) medium.
| Treatment | Endogenous phytohormones (ng/g DW) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABA | ABA-Glc | JA | 12-OPDA | JA-Met | SA | |
| NM control | 335.99b | 1129.65b | 503.21c | 68.01a | 7.93a | 127,445.11a |
| NM HMs | 476.91a | 3459.83a | 401.72d | 35.21b | 8.07a | 77,469.15b |
| M control | 204.36c | 658.82c | 968.73b | 4.06c | 8.38a | 103,934.58ab |
| M HMs | 254.89c | 1004.33b | 1091.25a | 1.63d | 7.85a | 102,524.31ab |
Different letters indicate statistically significant means according to two-way ANOVA and post hoc Tukey’s test.
ABA abscisic acid, ABA-Glc abscisic acid glucosyl ester, JA jasmonic acid, 12-OPDA 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid, JA-Met jasmonic acid methyl ester, SA salicylic acid.