TABLE 4.
Effect of benzenedicarboxylic acid (Bd) and calcium nanoparticles (Ca) on water potential, leaf osmotic potential, membrane stability index (MSI), root and shoot Cd uptake, translocation factor (TF) of Cd and pollutant tolerance index (PTI) of Cd in Brassica alboglabra under Cd stress, temperature stress, and BDE-28 toxicity.
| Treatments | Root DDT (μg g–1) | Shoot DDT (μg g–1) | Leaf DDT (μg g–1) | Seed DDT (μg g–1) | TFDDT | PTI | REDDT (%) |
| Control | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ca | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| BdCa | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| DDT | 8.39 ± 0.19b | 5.59 ± 0.1b | 3.71 ± 0.15b | 1.69 ± 0.02b | 182.04 ± 4.47b | 16.87 ± 6.9g | 173.28 ± 3.56g |
| Cd.DDT | 12.13 ± 0.21a | 8.09 ± 0.2a | 5.37 ± 0.21a | 2.44 ± 0.2a | 263.22 ± 7.63a | 9.72 ± 3.1h | 75.81 ± 4.37h |
| Bd.Cd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bd.DDT | 5.33 ± 0.43cd | 3.55 ± 0.01cd | 2.36 ± 0.4cd | 1.07 ± 0.01cd | 115.62 ± 3.17cd | 26.59 ± 6.3c | 584.82 ± 4.74c |
| Bd.Cd.DDT | 4.71 ± 0.48d | 3.14 ± 0.01d | 2.08 ± 0.48cd | 0.95 ± 0.01cd | 102.09 ± 4.03d | 23.11 ± 5.8de | 462.08 ± 5.31de |
| Ca. Cd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ca.DDT | 4.42 ± 0.38de | 2.95 ± 0.03de | 1.96 ± 0.38d | 0.89 ± 0.03d | 95.94 ± 2.13de | 23.84 ± 6.1d | 465.69 ± 9.11d |
| Ca.Cd.DDT | 3.91 ± 0.1e | 2.61 ± 0.21e | 1.73 ± 0.38de | 0.79 ± 0.21de | 84.87 ± 1.17e | 20.36 ± 3.5f | 342.95 ± 8.06f |
| BdCa.Cd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| BdCa DDT | 5.44 ± 0.15c | 3.63 ± 0.03c | 2.41 ± 0.1c | 1.09 ± 0.03c | 118.08 ± 1.98c | 31.91 ± 2.96a | 794.2 ± 5.73a |
| BdCa.Cd.DDT | 5.39 ± 0.38cd | 3.59 ± 0.02cd | 2.38 ± 0.19cd | 1.08 ± 0.1cd | 116.85 ± 2.44cd | 28.43 ± 3.7b | 671.46 ± 4.24b |
Values demonstrate means ± SD (n = 5). Different letters indicate significant difference among the treatments (P ≤ 0.05). C, control; Cd, Cadmium; Ca, Calcium.