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Table 1 Impacts of selenium treatments on photosynthetic pigments (mg g−1 FW) under two concentrations of salt stress during the early seedling stage

From: Comparative efficacy of bio-selenium nanoparticles and sodium selenite on morpho-physiochemical attributes under normal and salt stress conditions, besides selenium detoxification pathways in Brassica napus L.

Traits

Chlorophyll a

Chlorophyll b

Total chlorophyll

Carotenoids

Treatments

150 mM

200 mM

150 mM

200 mM

150 mM

200 mM

150 mM

200 mM

CK

3.628 ± 0.07c

3.628 ± 0.07b

3.428 ± 0.05b

3.428 ± 0.05b

7.056 ± 0.11c

7.056 ± 0.11b

22.29 ± 0.27a

22.29 ± 0.27a

NaCl

2.746 ± 0.08f

2.546 ± 0.08d

2.391 ± 0.05e

2.059 ± 0.07e

5.137 ± 0.08 g

4.605 ± 0.15e

12.23 ± 0.49f

10.80 ± 0.30f

50 µmol L−1

SeNPs

3.528 ± 0.08c

3.258 ± 0.09c

3.088 ± 0.10c

2.978 ± 0.07 cd

6.616 ± 0.02d

6.236 ± 0.16 cd

18.79 ± 0.40 cd

17.74 ± 0.33cde

Se (IV)

3.025 ± 0.03de

3.285 ± 0.06c

2.864 ± 0.08 cd

3.117 ± 0.03c

5.888 ± 0.09ef

6.402 ± 0.07c

19.82 ± 0.20c

18.29 ± 0.54 cd

100 µmol L−1

SeNPs

4.075 ± 0.05b

3.748 ± 0.08b

3.726 ± 0.07a

3.545 ± 0.09b

7.801 ± 0.06b

7.293 ± 0.08b

19.84 ± 0.18c

18.71 ± 0.31c

Se (IV)

3.153 ± 0.04d

3.316 ± 0.06c

2.971 ± 0.09c

2.981 ± 0.09 cd

6.124 ± 0.10e

6.297 ± 0.03 cd

18.57 ± 0.34d

17.29 ± 0.54de

150 µmol L−1

SeNPs

4.533 ± 0.08a

4.258 ± 0.15a

3.935 ± 0.05a

3.773 ± 0.05a

8.468 ± 0.11a

8.031 ± 0.18a

21.05 ± 0.28b

20.57 ± 0.30b

Se (IV)

2.900 ± 0.09ef

3.183 ± 0.06c

2.741 ± 0.10d

2.851 ± 0.09d

5.641 ± 0.05f

6.034 ± 0.10d

17.48 ± 0.55e

16.68 ± 0.25e

  1. Data presented are the mean ± SE of three replicates. The different letters indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 using Duncan's multiple range tests