Table 6 Effect of soil applied CuS NPs on the Protein content, SOD, POD, Total Phenolic and Total Flavonoid Contents of E. sativa under field condition. The similar letters within the column mean no statistical difference between treatments in the LSD test (p ≤0.05).
Treatment | Protein Contents (mg/g FW) | SOD (nM/min/gFW) | POD (nM/min/g FW) | Total Phenolic Contents (μg QE/mg DW) | Total Flavonoid Contents (μg GAE/mg DW) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Root | Shoot | Root | Shoot | ||||
Control | 63.88±3.19c | 0.022±0.001c | 0.52±0.026c | 97.46±4.87c | 164.35±4.93c | 28.9±1.15b | 122.36±6.11b |
CuSO4 | 94.58±4.72b | 0.05±0.002b | 0.58±0.017b | 125.2±3.75b | 174.97±6.99b | 28.96±0.86b | 122.91±3.68b |
CuS NPs | 175.16±8.5a | 0.63±0.031a | 0.74±0.037a | 140.6±5.62a | 186.8±9.34a | 32.26±1.61a | 132.14±5.28a |
