Table 3.

Effect of foliar application of silicon on pea (yield and yield components characteristics) grown in different concentrations of cadmium (Cd) during 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 growing seasons.

Treatment		Number of pods/plant		Number of seeds/pods		100 seed weight(g)		Seed yield plant-1(g)
Cd mg/kg	Si ppm	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019
0	0	11.33 cd	12.33 cd	6.17c	7.40 c	58.53 g	59.82g	29.26f	30.49g
	Si100	12.33 bc	13.33 bc	6.67bc	7.90 bc	69.63c	70.92c	34.81b	36.04bc
	Si 200	13.67 b	14.67 b	7.34b	8.57 b	73.44b	74.73b	36.72a	37.95b
	Si 300	15.33 a	16.33 a	8.17a	9.40a	77.51 a	78.80a	38.76a	39.99a
50 mg/kg	0	8.67 ef	9.67 ef	4.84e	6.07 e	48.77i	50.09 i	24.39 i	25.62i
	Si100	10.00 df	11.00 de	5.50de	6.73de	60.74f	62.06 f	30.37e	31.60i
	Si 200	10.33 d	11.33d	5.67d	6.90 d	61.74 e	63.06 e	30.87d	32.10dc
	Si 300	11.00 cd	12.00 cd	6.00cd	7.23 cd	63.79 d	65.11d	31.90cd	33.13d
100 mg/kg	0	8.33 f	9.33f	4.67f	5.90 f	45.88 j	47.20 j	22.94j	24.17ij
	Si100	8.67 ef	9.67 ef	4.84 ef	6.07 ef	46.07j	47.39 j	23.03j	24.26ij
	Si 200	10.33 d	11.33 d	5.67de	6.90 df	48.40 i	49.72i	24.20i	25.43i
	Si 300	11.33 cd	12.33 cd	6.17c	7.40c	51.37h	52.69 h	25.68h	26.91h

Means that do not share a letter are significantly different.