Table 3 Measurements of root and shoot indices (root and shoot length (cm), fresh and dry weights (gm) of Allium cepa treated with tap water as control, 25%, 50% and 100% of mixed wastewater at 12th day after germination
Treatments | Germination indices | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Root indices (Mean ± SE) | Shoot indices (Mean ± SE) | Tolerance index of seedling | |||||
Root length (cm) | Root Fresh weight (gm) | Root dry weight (gm) | Shoot length (cm) | Shoot Fresh weight (gm) | Shoot dry weight (gm) | ||
Control | 8.67 ± 0.9 | 1.84 ± 0.1 | 0.097 ± 0.006 | 13.39 ± 1.49 | 15.34 ± 2.21 | 1.15 ± 0.13 | 1 |
25% | 5.00* ± 0.7 | 1.05 ± 0.1 | 0.0715 ± 0.01 | 7.83* ± 1.92 | 11.22 ± 4.20 | 1.098 ± 0.36 | 0.57**** ± 0.03 |
50% | 4.7* ± 0.9 | 1.29 ± 0.1 | 0.078 ± 0.005 | 3.44** ± 0.72 | 4.8* ± 1.84 | 0.51 ± 0.18 | 0.53**** ± 0.04 |
100% | 4.7* ± 0.7 | 0.91* ± 0.3 | 0.058 ± 0.01 | 2.53*** ± 0.33 | 2.95* ± 0.25 | 0.37 ± 0.02 | 0.54**** ± 0.03 |