Fig. 4

Concentration of Ni (mg Kg−1) in leaf and root of BARS and SSB cultivars under different treatments (A). Cluster heatmap showing Ni uptake and translocation factor (TF) in root and shoot (B). The blue color in scale (0-(-1)) represents low to medium while red color (0–1) indicates medium to high. NiNP_20 (NiO-NPs at 20 mg/L), NiNP_40 (NiO-NPs at 40 mg/L), NiNO3_20 (NiNO3 at 20 mg/L) and NiNO3_40 (NiNO3 at 40 mg/L) treatments. Lower case letters show statistically significant results among treatments within a cultivar at p < 0.05 according to Fisher’s least square difference (LSD) test. Treatments with similar letters indicate no significant difference exists between them.