. 2021 Feb 20;28(5):2619–2625. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.052

Table 1.

Effect of cinnamic acid (CA) on the germination and growth of Pisum sativum seedlings grown with or without spermidine (SPD).

Treatment	Germination (%)	Root length (cm)	Shoot length (cm)	Fresh weight (g)	Dry weight (g)	Relative water content (RWC, %)
Control	98.5 ± 1.27^a	10.58 ± 0.57^a	13.21 ± 0.55^a	3.91 ± 0.29^a	0.65 ± 0.13^b	94.32 ± 0.73^a
SPD	100.0 ± 0.71^a	12.63 ± 0.79^a	15.08 ± 0.44^a	4.28 ± 0.59^a	0.96 ± 0.10^a	97.24 ± 0.68^a
CA1	71.33 ± 0.82^c	8.95 ± 0.97^b	12.42 ± 0.59^b	3.15 ± 0.65^b	0.48 ± 0.09^c	85.41 ± 0.49^b
SPD + CA1	82.5 ± 1.14^b	9.52 ± 0.78^a	13.15 ± 0.51^a	3.98 ± 0.47^a	0.51 ± 0.18^b	89.30 ± 0.25^b
CA2	57.5 ± 0.31^d	7.27 ± 0.38^c	11.56 ± 0.74^c	2.46 ± 0.24^c	0.32 ± 0.04^d	78.26 ± 1.36^c
SPD + CA2	69.0 ± 0.71^c	8.65 ± 0.99^b	12.19 ± 0.42^b	3.21 ± 0.49^b	0.45 ± 0.01^c	83.68 ± 0.42^b

Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of three independent experiments with three replicates. The values followed by different letters indicate a significant difference between treatments according to ANOVA and DMRT.