Table 8 Nitrogen (mg g-1 DW) content in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants raised using soil substrate at different developmental stages 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

Preflowering (55 DAS)

Flowering (85 DAS)

Flag leaf

Stem

Root

Flag leaf

Stem

Root

Control

29.40 ± 1.61ab

25.63 ± 1.08ab

21.81 ± 0.93b

45.40 ± 0.71ab

41.07 ± 1.54ab

37.98 ± 1.12a

1% DLL

31.44 ± 1.70a

26.11 ± 1.26ab

21.88 ± 0.87b

47.26 ± 0.64ab

41.71 ± 2.44ab

39.93 ± 1.11a

5% DLL

29.05 ± 1.32ab

25.30 ± 0.93ab

23.79 ± 0.61ab

44.90 ± 0.34abc

37.62 ± 1.97b

40.34 ± 1.44a

10% DLL

27.11 ± 0.54b

21.99 ± 1.03c

24.42 ± 0.76a

42.66 ± 0.61c

36.70 ± 1.03b

41.71 ± 1.46a

1% DFL

30.19 ± 1.28ab

28.20 ± 0.78a

22.17 ± 1.01ab

47.51 ± 1.13a

43.28 ± 2.10a

40.19 ± 1.10a

5% DFL

28.35 ± 0.88ab

25.44 ± 0.94ab

23.80 ± 0.66ab

44.68 ± 1.12bc

41.06 ± 1.39ab

39.97 ± 1.44a

10% DFL

27.36 ± 1.36b

23.13 ± 1.13bc

24.27 ± 1.04ab

42.69 ± 1.34c

37.47 ± 1.44b

41.18 ± 1.92a

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