Table 2 Morphological features and H2O2 concentration in different combinations of grafted plants grown from the seeds treated with Ar/O2 plasma.

From: Mechanisms and Signaling Associated with LPDBD Plasma Mediated Growth Improvement in Wheat

Features

Root length (cm)

Root DW (g)

Shoot length (cm)

Shoot DW (g)

H2O2 (µmol g−1 FW)

root

shoot

Type 1

4.2 ± 0.75a

0.032 ± 0.003a

4.4 ± 0.49a

0.027 ± 0.003a

9.3 ± 2.75a

7.7 ± 3.74a

Type 2

4.3 ± 0.26a

0.032 ± 0.004a

5.6 ± 0.57b

0.039 ± 0.003b

18.4 ± 2.19b

18.0 ± 2.66c

Type 3

4.5 ± 0.75a

0.034 ± 0.004a

4.3 ± 0.55a

0.026 ± 0.007a

11.3 ± 0.60a

11.8 ± 1.58ab

Type 4

4.6 ± 0.40a

0.035 ± 0.005a

5.4 ± 0.25b

0.038 ± 0.003b

22.6 ± 4.58b

16.1 ± 2.33bc

  1. Different letters in each column indicate significant differences between mean ± SD of treatments (n = 3) at a P < 0.05 significance level.
  2. Type 1: control self grafting, type 2: H2O/O2 self grafting, type 3: control rootstock + H2O/O2 scion, Type 4: H2O/O2 rootstock + control scion.