. 2022 Oct 31;11(11):2156. doi: 10.3390/antiox11112156

Table 3.

Germination and biomass studies of Zea mays L. treated with different concentrations of ZnO NPs (10, 20, and 30 ppm) in a Petri plate experiment.

T	SL	RL	LA	FW	DW	GP	GI	PI	SVI
C	1.9 ^B ± 0.08	1.1 ^B ± 0.02	0.44 ^C + 0.02	0.18 ^BC + 0.03	0.04 ^B + 0.05	60.2 ^BC + 0.04	1.18 ^B + 0.09	2.18 ^AB + 0.06	2.1 ^B + 0.08
10 (PPM)	4.1 ^AB ± 0.04	3.2 ^AB ± 0.03	1.44 ^B + 0.05	0.11 ^BC + 0.05	0.02 ^C + 0.07	71.1 ^B + 0.09	1.13 ^B + 0.10	2.11 ^AB + 0.07	4.1 ^AB + 0.02
20 (PPM)	4.9 ^A ± 0.03	4.1 ^A ± 0.04	2.1 ^A + 0.05	0.82 ^A + 0.04	0.08 ^A + 0.09	81.2 ^A + 0.02	2.22 ^A + 0.08	3.7 ^A + 0.04	4.8 ^A + 0.08
30 (PPM)	1.1 ^C ± 0.03	0.9 ^BC ± 0.03	0.3 ^C + 0.05	0.09 ^C + 0.05	0.03 ^BC + 0.10	74.3 ^AB + 0.07	1.1 ^B + 0.09	1.2 ^B + 0.05	1.1 ^C + 0.02

Data represent mean values ± standard error (SE) of three replicates. Each mean value followed by a specific letter represents a significant difference at p < 0.05, generated through Statistix 8.1.