Research Article

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

Table 2

Effect of arsenate applied either singly or in combination with phosphate on the pigment levels in black gram.

TreatmentsTotal chlorophyll (mg/g fw of tissue)Chlorophyll a (mg/g fw of tissue)Chlorophyll b (mg/g fw of tissue)Carotenoids (mg/g fw of tissue)

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

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.