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.
Treatments | Chlorophyll a (mg g-1 FW) | Chlorophyll b (mg g-1 FW) | Total chlorophylls (mg g-1 FW) | Carotenoids (mg g-1 FW) |
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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 |