Table 2.
ANOVA of various attributes of P. hysterophorus in response to Set-1 of treatments.
| Source of variance | df | Root length | Shoot length | Root FW | Shoot FW | Root DW | Shoot DW | No. of leaves | Leaf area | Chlorophyll a | Chlorophyll b | Total chlorophylls | Carotenoids | Calcium (roots) | Calcium (shoots) | Potassium (roots) | Potassium (shoots) | Sodium (roots) | Sodium (shoots) | Pb (roots) | Pb (shoots) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatments | 4 | 20.88** | 234.4*** | 0.684** | 37.97*** | 0.076*** | 0.602*** | 143.4*** | 0.033ns | 0.184ns | 0.043* | 0.404ns | 0.479*** | 12.15 *** | 20.88*** | 5631*** | 3.721*** | 1256*** | 1720*** | 18.59*** | 39.23*** |
| Error | 10 | 3.030 | 11.82 | 0.110 | 1.425 | 3.968 | 0.001 | 9.466 | 0.010 | 0.081 | 0.011 | 0.149 | 0.034 | 0.064 | 0.034 | 4940 | 3546 | 1020 | 4666 | 0.083 | 0.183 |
***, P < 0.001; **, P < 0.01; *, P < 0.05; ns, P>0.05.