Table 2 Effect of different Cd stress with foliar Nano-TiO2 application on morpho-physiological traits of Mentha piperita L. plants.
Cd stress (mg/l) | Nano-TiO2 application (mg/l) | Shoot dry weight | No. lateral branches | Fv/Fm | Root Cd content (mg/g DW) | Shoot Cd content (mg/g DW) | MDA content (nmol/g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 8.99h ± 0.21 | 8ef ± 0.33 | 0.78b ± 0.01 | 0i | 0e | 0.06i ± 0.01 |
75 | 15.53d ± 0.29 | 15c ± 0.58 | 0.79ab ± 0.02 | 0i | 0e | 0.05i ± 0.02 | |
150 | 19.87a ± 0.34 | 22a ± 0.53 | 0.90a ± 0.01 | 0i | 0e | 0.02i ± 0.01 | |
20 | 0 | 8.60hi ± 0.16 | 7fg ± 0.31 | 0.71d ± 0.01 | 1.63f ± 0.05 | 1.36cd ± 0.01 | 0.75ef ± 0.03 |
75 | 13.78e ± 0.23 | 13d ± 0.35 | 0.73c ± 0.01 | 1.36g ± 0.03 | 1.09de ± 0.02 | 0.39g ± 0.02 | |
150 | 17.00b ± 0.28 | 19b ± 0.34 | 0.73c ± 0.01 | 1.08h ± 0.04 | 0.93de ± 0.03 | 0.26h ± 0.03 | |
40 | 0 | 7.75j ± 0.18 | 6g ± 0.32 | 0.63g ± 0.02 | 3.69b ± 0.06 | 3.06ab ± 0.04 | 1.33d ± 0.02 |
75 | 11.88f ± 0.22 | 12d ± 0.3 | 0.68e ± 0.03 | 2.88c ± 0.05 | 2.60bc ± 0.06 | 0.79e ± 0.04 | |
150 | 16.48c ± 0.27 | 16c ± 0.29 | 0.70d ± 0.01 | 2.08e ± 0.04 | 1.88bcd ± 0.05 | 0.72f ± 0.05 | |
60 | 0 | 5.96k ± 0.12 | 5h ± 0.02 | 0.52h ± 0.01 | 5.55a ± 0.17 | 4.12a ± 0.07 | 2.45a ± 0.08 |
75 | 8.42i ± 0.19 | 9e ± 0.28 | 0.64fg ± 0.02 | 3.73b ± 0.07 | 3.05ab ± 0.03 | 1.98b ± 0.05 | |
150 | 9.60g ± 0.25 | 12d ± 0.34 | 0.65f ± 0.01 | 2.60d ± 0.09 | 2.26bcd ± 0.04 | 1.92c ± 0.1 |