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Research Article

Impact of Arsenic Toxicity on Black Gram and Its Amelioration Using Phosphate

Table 1

Effect of arsenate applied either singly or in combination with phosphate on the height, biomass, germination % and protein content of black gram.


	Control	100 µM As	200 µM As	100 µM As + P	200 µM As + P

Germination %
Shoot length (cm)
Root length (cm)
Shoot fresh weight (g)
Shoot dry weight (g)
Root fresh weight (g)
Root dry weight (g)
Protein (mg/100 mg tissue)

P = 40 ppm K₂HPO₄; values are means of three replicates ± SE Data significant at . Multiple comparisons versus control group (Holm Sidak method) overall significance level = 0.05.