Table 4 Effects of selenium seed priming on belowground growth of rice seedlings.

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

Treatment

Root length

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

8.00 ± 0.99ABC

8.49 ± 1.39AB

8.25 ± 1.09A

107.05 ± 5.33D

114.24 ± 7.35AB

110.65 ± 6.18B

5.61 ± 0.44B

5.72 ± 0.61B

5.67 ± 0.48AB

Se15

6.10 ± 0.06C

7.62 ± 0.39AB

6.86 ± 0.54A

113.66 ± 1.41CD

115.87 ± 0.78AB

114.77 ± 1.24B

6.65 ± 0.09B

6.53 ± 0.23B

6.59 ± 0.16AB

Se30

7.19 ± 0.16BC

8.70 ± 0.65AB

7.95 ± 0.64A

103.45 ± 5.50D

113.57 ± 3.76AB

108.51 ± 5.29B

6.09 ± 0.4B

6.02 ± 0.56B

6.05 ± 0.44AB

Se45

8.97 ± 0.58AB

8.71 ± 1.17AB

8.84 ± 0.83A

118.63 ± 1.17BCD

128.94 ± 8.16A

123.79 ± 6.15AB

5.91 ± 0.23B

6.39 ± 0.37B

6.15 ± 0.31AB

Se60

6.49 ± 0.49C

8.19 ± 0.42AB

7.34 ± 0.68A

141.38 ± 5.63A

134.46 ± 13.40A

137.92 ± 9.45A

6.78 ± 0.04B

12.83 ± 5.54A

9.81 ± 3.99AB

Se75

9.15 ± 0.95A

6.01 ± 0.84B

7.58 ± 1.28A

132.01 ± 5.02AB

95.39 ± 1.99B

113.70 ± 12.07B

14.67 ± 6.46A

5.35 ± 0.57B

10.01 ± 5.05A

Se90

6.27 ± 0.52C

9.98 ± 1.27A

8.13 ± 1.46A

123.48 ± 3.31BC

118.76 ± 13.28AB

121.12 ± 8.78AB

5.38 ± 0.21B

5.23 ± 0.89B

5.31 ± 0.58B

Se105

6.63 ± 0.75C

7.50 ± 1.44AB

7.06 ± 1.06A

112.4 ± 8.82CD

111.22 ± 21.51AB

111.81 ± 14.71B

6.28 ± 0.45B

5.44 ± 0.93B

5.86 ± 0.71AB

  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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