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Table 2 Effect of glutathione and/or selenium on photosynthetic pigments (mg/g fresh leaf) of three wheat cultivars grown under conditions of the Nubaria region

From: Effect of glutathione and/or selenium levels on growth, yield, and some biochemical constituents of some wheat cultivars grown under sandy soil conditions

Cultivars

Selenium (mg/l)

Glutathione (mg/l)

Chlorophyll a

Chlorophyll b

Carotenoid

Total photosynthetic pigments

Egypt-2

0

0

0.93

0.48

0.24

1.65

100

1.06

0.53

0.27

1.86

200

1.12

0.60

0.28

2.00

300

1.16

0.73

0.30

2.19

5

0

1.02

0.54

0.24

1.80

100

1.23

0.64

0.32

2.19

200

1.28

0.66

0.34

2.28

300

1.33

0.72

0.35

2.43

10

0

1.19

0.65

0.29

2.13

100

1.23

0.69

0.31

2.23

200

1.31

0.73

0.32

2.36

300

1.36

0.73

0.42

2.48

Shadaweel-1

0

0

0.98

0.54

0.30

1.82

100

1.21

0.61

0.36

2.18

200

1.23

0.65

0.36

2.24

300

1.40

0.68

0.40

2.48

5

0

1.39

0.68

0.38

2.45

100

1.43

0.69

0.38

2.50

200

1.44

0.70

0.42

2.56

300

1.46

0.76

0.49

2.71

10

0

1.50

0.70

0.29

2.49

100

1.51

0.73

0.36

2.60

200

1.54

0.77

0.39

2.70

300

1.54

0.79

0.45

2.78

Gemmiza-11

0

0

1.32

0.63

0.34

2.29

100

1.41

0.68

0.41

2.50

200

1.44

0.76

0.45

2.65

300

1.50

0.77

0.46

2.79

5

0

1.40

0.66

0.33

2.39

100

1.47

0.74

0.37

2.58

200

1.62

0.63

0.40

2.65

300

1.73

0.69

0.40

2.82

10

0

1.45

0.69

0.33

2.47

100

1.48

0.73

0.37

2.58

200

1.73

0.77

0.39

2.89

300

1.86

0.83

0.43

3.06

LSD0.05

0.18

0.21

0.08

0.22