Table 2 Effect of different Cd stress with foliar Nano-TiO2 application on morpho-physiological traits of Mentha piperita L. plants.

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Unraveling the influence of TiO2 nanoparticles on growth, physiological and phytochemical characteristics of Mentha piperita L. in cadmium-contaminated soil

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

  1. *Means followed by the same letter(s) in each column are not significantly different based on Duncan’s multiple range test (n = 3).