Table 1.

Analysis of growth parameter of sunflower plants against Cr.

Parameters	Varieties	Treatments
		Control	200 ppm	400 ppm
Number of Leaves	S1	7.33 ± 1.15	7.00 ± 1.00	5.00 ± 1.00
	S2	21.00 ± 1.80	19.33 ± 1.04	16.50 ± 0.50
Plant height (cm)	S1	1.28 ± 0.244	1.10 ± 0.33	0.90 ± 0.14
	S2	1.31 ± 0.41	1.16 ± 0.11	1.04 ± 0.05
Root length (cm)	S1	1.28 ± 0.244	1.10 ± 0.33	0.90 ± 0.14
	S2	18.83 ± 2.08	17.33 ± 1.04	12.40 ± 2.29
Shoot fresh weight (g)	S1	22.00 ± 2.00	14.66 ± 1.25	9.33 ± 0.76
	S2	19.66 ± 2.25	12.33 ± 1.75	7.00 ± 1.50
Root fresh weight (g)	S1	0.70 ± 0.15	0.60 ± 0.39	0.45 ± 0.06
	S2	0.59 ± 0.12	0.48 ± 0.05	0.35 ± 0.05
Root dry weight(g)	S1	0.08 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.00	0.03 ± 0.00
	S2	0.07 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.00
Shoot dry weight(g)	S1	0.39 ± 0.28	0.34 ± 0.10	0.26 ± 0.37
	S2	0.29 ± 0.02	0.21 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.01

The data represents the mean of mean ± SD replicates (n = 3).