Table 2 One-way ANOVA of effects of different treatments (HP: Hydro-priming, 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) on growth parameters, RDSI (Root dry weight stability index) and SDSI (Shoot dry weight stability index) of BARS (Bars-09) and SSB (Sarsabz) cultivars of wheat. Values are represented as mean ± SD (n = 3).

From: Investigating the role of bulk and nano nickel in amelioration of morphophysiology and photosynthetic activity of Triticum aestivum L.

Cultivar

Treatment

Growth parameters

SL (cm)

RL (cm)

LA (cm2)

SFW (mg g−1)

SDW (mg g−1)

RFW (mg g−1)

RDW (mg g−1)

RDSI

SDSI

BARS

Control

32.8 b

28.5 bc

7.68 c

314 d

32.1 c

254 ab

28.3 ab

–

–

HP

29.8 c

20.9 d

8.55 b

419 a

41.3 a

293 a

34.7 a

1.23 a

1.29 a

NiNP_20

32 b

29.1 b

8.65 b

385 b

38 b

271 ab

29.8 ab

1.05 b

1.18 b

NiNP_40

35 a

30.8 a

9.91 a

414 a

41.6 a

263 ab

28.6 ab

1.01 b

1.30 a

NiNO3_20

28.8 c

28.8 b

4.6 c

329 cd

32 c

226 bc

23 bc

0.81 cd

0.99 c

NiNO3_40

29.3 c

27.1 c

6.38 d

340 c

33.6 c

191 c

19.2 c

0.68 d

1.05 c

T*

 

**

***

***

***

***

*

*

**

*

SSB

Control

30.5 ab

25 c

6.76 bc

316 c

31.6 b

196 b

12 c

–

–

HP

33.6 a

21.8 d

5.8 c

426 a

39.5 a

296 a

29 a

2.42 a

1.25 a

NiNP_20

32.5 a

27.6 b

7.85 ab

361 b

32 b

159 bcd

22.6 ab

1.88 c

1.01 bc

NiNP_40

32 a

30.1 a

8.49 a

408 a

40 a

186 bc

24.6 a

2.05 b

1.27 a

NiNO3_20

32.3 a

27 b

6.67 bc

306 c

26.6 c

138 cd

14.2 bc

1.18 d

0.84 d

NiNO3_40

27 b

26.5 bc

6.24 c

310 c

31 b

117 d

13.1 c

1.09 d

0.98 c

T*

 

*

***

**

**

***

**

**

**

**

Cv*

 

n.s

**

**

**

***

***

***

***

**

  1. Lower case letters represent significance level at p < 0.05 according to Fisher’s least square difference (LSD) test. Treatments with similar lower case letters are not significantly different.
  2. n.s. = Not significant; * = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.01; *** = p < 0.001.
  3. T* = P-value among treatments; CV* = P-value among cultivars.
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