Table 3 Chlorophyll and carotenoid contents (mg g-1 FW) in leaves of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants raised using sand substrate (25 DAS) treated with leachates of dry leaves and flowers of Tagetes erecta L.

From: Modulation of nitrogen metabolising enzymes and the photosynthetic pigments in wheat upon exogenous application of marigold leachates

Treatments

Chlorophyll a (mg g-1 FW)

Chlorophyll b (mg g-1 FW)

Total chlorophylls (mg g-1 FW)

Carotenoids (mg g-1 FW)

Control

0.603 ± 0.003b

0.564 ± 0.006b

1.167 ± 0.010b

0.426 ± 0.016ab

1% DLL

0.627 ± 0.004a

0.587 ± 0.001a

1.214 ± 0.010a

0.430 ± 0.010ab

5% DLL

0.556 ± 0.008d

0.455 ± 0.001d

1.011 ± 0.002d

0.397 ± 0.010b

10% DLL

0.443 ± 0.002e

0.395 ± 0.004e

0.838 ± 0.003e

0.304 ± 0.015c

1% DFL

0.619 ± 0.002a

0.557 ± 0.001b

1.176 ± 0.002b

0.445 ± 0.017a

5% DFL

0.587 ± 0.005c

0.470 ± 0.005c

1.057 ± 0.010c

0.397 ± 0.011b

10% DFL

0.423 ± 0.003f.

0.390 ± 0.007e

0.813 ± 0.008f.

0.308 ± 0.002c

  1. Data followed by same letters are not significantly different at p < 0.05.