Table 1.

Mean comparison of sodium selenate (Na₂SeO₄) on growth characters of cauliflower cultivars “Clapton” (white) and “Graffiti” (purple). In each column different letters indicate significant differences at the 1% and 5% level based on Duncan’s multiple range tests with three replications.

Cultivar	Treatment (mg/L)	Floret Fresh Weight (g)	Floret Diameter (cm)	Root Fresh Weight (g)	Root Dry Weight (g)	Stem Diameter (cm)	Stem Height (cm)
Clapton	Control	448.49 ± 8.10c	14.41 ± 0.31e	95.66 ± 0.63e	12.33 ± 0.31d	3.18 ± 0.02ed	22.16 ± 1.10c
	5 Na2SeO4	503.99 ± 8.65ab	15.27 ± 0.16ed	113.83 ± 5.89cde	15.79 ± 0.41cd	3.27 ± 0.02cde	23.58 ± 0.67c
	10 Na2SeO4	527.45 ± 9.02a	16.24 ± 0.15cd	132.50 ± 2.12c	19.84 ± 0.36c	3.58 ± 0.06b	22.33 ± 0.47c
	15 Na2SeO4	512.02 ± 27.10ab	15.33 ± 0.27de	119.99 ± 3.14cd	15.49 ± 1.02cd	3.50 ± 0.03bc	21.72 ± 0.31c
	20 Na2SeO4	469.22 ±5.34bc	15.29 ± 0.33de	108.05 ± 3.54ed	14.49 ± 0.07d	3.35 ± 0.02bcde	21.22 ± 0.17c
Graffiti	Control	241.33 ± 6.76e	15.71 ± 0.01cd	210.22 ± 13.85b	25.55 ± 2.54b	3.12 ± 0.05e	30.97 ± 1.89b
	5 Na2SeO4	286.89 ± 18.48ed	17.84 ± 0.15a	241.25 ± 3.65a	29.32 ± 2.06b	3.30 ± 0.02bcde	37.10 ± 2.56a
	10 Na2SeO4	318.11 ± 2.36d	18.33 ± 0.65a	295.78 ± 3.74a	35.65 ± 0.41a	3.92 ± 0.23a	36.00 ± 2.35ab
	15 Na2SeO4	316.77 ± 7.61d	17.54 ± 0.09ab	248.16 ± 5.11a	30.32 ± 1.36b	3.47 ± 0.02bcd	35.61 ± 1.74ab
	20 Na2SeO4	273.33 ± 9.03ed	16.47 ± 0.28bc	241.66 ± 2.20a	26.79 ± 2.37b	3.39 ± 0.05bcd	31.71 ± 1.55ab