Bacillus Cereus Enhanced Phytoremediation Ability of Rice Seedlings under Cadmium Toxicity
Table 1
Effect of seedling treated with Bacillus cereus physiological parameter of two rice cultivars under cadmium stress.
Cultivar
Priming
Treatments
Length
Fresh Weight
Dry Weight
Shoot
Root
Shoot
Root
Shoot
Root
Basmati-385
Control
Control
32.5 ± 0.883
10.5 ± 0.673
0.7616 ± 0.01
0.2302 ± 0.115
0.192 ± 0.005
0.024 ± 0.007
100 µM
27.5 ± 0.98
8.25 ± 0.237
0.695 ± 0.017
0.1719 ± 0.025
0.161 ± 0
0.021 ± 0.003
200 µM
23 ± 0.784
7 ± 0.023
0.6121 ± 0.005
0.1445 ± 0.075
0.142 ± 0.004
0.019 ± 0.005
400 µM
20.5 ± 0.93
5 ± 0.1
0.5278 ± 0.01
0.1197 ± 0.105
0.114 ± 0
0.013 ± 0.006
B. Cereus
Control
38 ± 0.937
17 ± 0.883
1.05 ± 0.01
0.304 ± 0.055
0.224 ± 0.005
0.032 ± 0.008
100 µM
33.5 ± 0.94
12.5 ± 0.345
0.84 ± 0.025
0.22 ± 0.045
0.198 ± 0.009
0.028 ± 0.001
200 µM
28 ± 1.02
11.5 ± 0.23
0.695 ± 0.005
0.1924 ± 0.03
0.179 ± 0.003
0.025 ± 0.006
400 µM
26.5 ± 0.938
11 ± 0.17
0.6232 ± 0.035
0.1743 ± 0.04
0.134 ± 0.008
0.02 ± 0.004
Shaheen Basmati
Control
Control
29.5 ± 0.75
12.5 ± 0.373
0.7011 ± 0.175
0.2366 ± 0.03
0.161 ± 0.009
0.034 ± 0.003
100 µM
26.5 ± 0.518
9.75 ± 0.198
0.5263 ± 0.1
0.202 ± 0.055
0.141 ± 0.004
0.029 ± 0.007
200 µM
25 ± 0.893
8.25 ± 0.303
0.4447 ± 0.03
0.179 ± 0.045
0.127 ± 0
0.024 ± 0.001
400 µM
20.5 ± 0.576
6.25 ± 0.029
0.3194 ± 0.03
0.1371 ± 0.025
0.107 ± 0.001
0.02 ± 0.008
B. Cereus
Control
34.4 ± 0.345
16 ± 0.38
0.991 ± 0.025
0.295 ± 0.045
0.235 ± 0.009
0.038 ± 0.001
100 µM
32.5 ± 1.19
14 ± 0.084
0.991 ± 0.025
0.279 ± 0.105
0.176 ± 0.001
0.031 ± 0.001
200 µM
30.65 ± 0.73c
9.85 ± 0.057
0.791 ± 0.03
0.212 ± 0.015
0.147 ± 0.008
0.027 ± 0.001
400 µM
27.75 ± 0.978
8.95 ± 0.303
0.55 ± 0.03
0.2 ± 0.015
0.119 ± 0.009
0.023 ± 0.007
Each value represents the mean of three replications of each treatment. The same letters within a column indicate that there was no significant difference at a 95% probability level (p < 0.05).
