Table 3 Effects of selenium seed priming on aboveground growth of rice seedlings.

From: Rice seed priming with sodium selenate: Effects on germination, seedling growth, and biochemical attributes

Treatment

Plant height

Fresh weight of aerial part

Dry matter weight of aerial part

25 °C

30 °C

Mean

25 °C

30 °C

Mean

25 °C

30 °C

Mean

Se0

6.37 ± 0.20D

5.38 ± 0.11D

5.88 ± 0.34D

43.48 ± 2.91B

35.09 ± 3.78C

39.28 ± 4.02B

5.66 ± 0.36C

4.7 ± 0.68A

5.18 ± 0.57D

Se15

6.52 ± 0.01D

5.53 ± 0.12D

6.03 ± 0.32D

42.16 ± 1.22B

34.79 ± 0.53C

38.47 ± 2.48B

6.62 ± 0.47ABC

5.21 ± 0.19A

5.91 ± 0.55BCD

Se30

7.14 ± 0.27C

5.81 ± 0.17D

6.48 ± 0.47CD

42.85 ± 1.00A

35.35 ± 2.26BC

39.1 ± 2.84B

6.70 ± 0.12ABC

4.93 ± 0.23A

5.82 ± 0.58BCD

Se45

8.55 ± 0.10A

7.72 ± 0.08A

8.17 ± 0.27A

53.56 ± 3.12A

55.20 ± 3.25A

54.38 ± 2.90A

7.02 ± 0.37ABC

6.92 ± 0.60A

6.97 ± 0.45AB

Se60

7.67 ± 0.15B

7.41 ± 0.05AB

7.54 ± 0.13AB

54.72 ± 0.16A

45.02 ± 4.28ABC

49.87 ± 4.09A

7.39 ± 0.38AB

7.04 ± 1.79A

7.22 ± 1.16A

Se75

7.34 ± 0.16BC

6.84 ± 0.06BC

7.09 ± 0.19BC

50.91 ± 0.22B

46.55 ± 1.62AB

48.73 ± 1.72A

6.79 ± 0.48A

6.85 ± 0.19A

6.82 ± 0.33AB

Se90

6.06 ± 0.05D

6.58 ± 0.33C

6.32 ± 0.27D

39.14 ± 2.44B

42.76 ± 5.88BC

40.95 ± 4.19B

6.82 ± 0.40AB

6.39 ± 0.55A

6.60 ± 0.45ABC

Se105

6.26 ± 0.23D

5.47 ± 0.38D

5.87 ± 0.38D

42.31 ± 2.34B

36.16 ± 5.43BC

39.24 ± 4.21B

6.18 ± 0.33BC

4.89 ± 0.67A

5.53 ± 0.63CD

  1. Means with different letters differ significantly at the 5% probability level based on Tukey’s test. Subscript numbers after Se denote the selenium concentrations (μmol L−1) used for seed priming.
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