Exogenous application of sulfur-rich thiourea (STU) to alleviate the adverse effects of cobalt stress in wheat

BMC Plant Biology

Table 2 Effect of foliar applied STU on the sodium, potassium, calcium and phosphorous level in the shoot and root of the wheat cultivars under cobalt stress conditions

Cultivars	Treatments	Shoot Na⁺ (mg/g FW)	Root Na⁺ (mg/g FW)	Shoot K⁺ (mg/g FW)	Root K⁺ (mg/g FW)	Shoot Ca⁺² (mg/g FW)	Root Ca⁺² (mg/g FW)	Shoot P (mg/g FW)	Root P (mg/g FW)
FSD-2008	Control	24 ± 1.61de	38.3 ± 1.12bcd	27 ± 0.89ab	49.6 ± 1.36bc	19.3 ± 0.68bc	26 ± 1.18bc	0.15 ± 0.007abc	0.08 ± 0.003ab
	STU	21 ± 0.89e	32.6 ± 1.36d	29 ± 0.93ab	57.6 ± 1.36ab	23 ± 0.89ab	30.6 ± 0.93ab	0.18 ± 0.005ab	0.09 ± 0.003ab
	Co	29 ± 0.89abc	42.6 ± 1.36bc	19 ± 1.1 cd	28.3 ± 1.36d	21 ± 0.89abc	28.3 ± 0.93abc	0.16 ± 0.007abc	0.06 ± 0.003 cd
	STU + Co	25 ± 1.61de	36.3 ± 1.86 cd	32.3 ± 1.18a	64.3 ± 1.4a	25.3 ± 0.68a	34.3 ± 0.68a	0.20 ± 0.005a	0.10 ± 0.002a
Zincol-2016	Control	33 ± 0.68ab	44.3 ± 1.12abc	23 ± 0.89bc	48.3 ± 1.36c	17 ± 0.89c	21.3 ± 0.93c	0.13 ± 0.006c	0.07 ± 0.003bc
	STU	28 ± 1.36bcd	40.6 ± 1.34bcd	26.3 ± 1.36ab	52.6 ± 1.43bc	19.3 ± 0.68bc	25 ± 0.89bc	0.15 ± 0.013bc	0.08 ± 0.002b
	Co	35 ± 0.68a	52.3 ± 1.36a	16 ± 1.6d	44.3 ± 1.4c	18 ± 0.44bc	23 ± 0.89c	0.14 ± 0.006bc	0.05 ± 0.004d
	STU + Co	30 ± 1.8abc	46.3 ± 1.69ab	29 ± 0.89ab	58.3 ± 1.36ab	22 ± 1.36abc	27 ± 0.89bc	0.18 ± 0.005ab	0.09 ± 0.002ab

STU Sulfur rich thiourea, CO Cobalt stress, Difference among the letters after the values (means ± standard error of three replicates) shows a significant difference across the mean at p < 0.05 according to the Tukey HSD test

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