Groups | Root length | Shoot length | number of leaves | Vigour index | Percentage germination | Relative water content | Photosynthetic pigments (mg/g of fresh weight) | ||
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 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Chlorophyll a | Chlorophyll b | Carotenoids |
A | 3.42 ± 0.16 a | 10.94 ± 1.14 a | 41.86 ± 2.51 a | 826.28 ± 7.18a | 57.54 ± 5.52 a | 36.77 ± 0.65 a,d | 1.53 ± 0.33 a | 1.35 ± 0.92 a | 3.22 ± 0.68 a |
B | 3.38 ± 0.06 a | 12.46 ± 0.08b,c | 45.57 ± 1.48 a,c | 986.67 ± 3.36b | 62.29 ± 4.17a | 31.03 ± 0.93a | 1.31 ± 0.44 a | 2.41 ±0.78 b | 3.03± 0.23 a |
C | 4.62 ± 0.26 b | 15.61 ± 1.51c | 59.02 ± 3.12 b | 1631.75 ± 11.81c | 80.66 ± 2.88c | 63.60 ± 04.72b | 4.45 ± 0.35 c | 3.66 ± 0.03 c | 6.07 ± 0.47 b |
D | 3.99 ± 0.43c | 14.11 ± 1.21c | 47.71 ± 0.82 c | 1319.68 ± 2.15 d | 74.39 ± 1.33d | 58.49 ± 6.32c | 3.24 ± 0.09 b | 2.20 ± 0.19 b | 4.98 ± 0.32 c |
E | 3.63 ± 0.39a | 10.66 ± 0.03 a | 40.43 ± 2.89 a | 819.27 ± 1.75a | 60.02 ± 4.28a | 39.03 ± 3.33d | 2.42 ± 0.22 c | 1.59 ± 0.25 a | 4.18 ± 0.82 d |