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Table 1 Effect of pre-soaking maize seeds in SA for 48 hours on concentration and distribution of endogenous SA in soaked seeds and 5-days-old seedlings

From: Effect of exogenous salicylic acid or indole acetic acid on their endogenous levels, germination, and growth in maize

Endogenous SA	Soaked seeds		5-days-old seedlings
	Conc μg/g	Amount μg/seed	Shoot		Root		Seeds
	Conc μg/g	Amount μg/seed	Conc μg/g	Amount μg/seed	Conc μg/g	Amount μg/seed	Conc μg/g	Amount μg/seed
2 mM SA	152.2^a	55.2^a	-	-	-	-	129.4^a	51.7^a
1 mM SA	53.5^b	19.0^b	19.8^a	1.76^b	20.4^a	1.69^b	15.1^b	6.5^b
0.5 mM SA	42.4^c	16.7^b	17.4^a	2.20^a	17.6^a	2.11^a	5.4^b	2.6^b
0.25 mM SA	19.1^d	6.8^c	15.9^a	1.48^c	16.5^a	1.15^c	5.6^b	2.4^b
Control	0.7^e	0.3^d	2.0^b	0.25^d	1.9^b	0.24^d	1.6^b	0.7^b

Mean value is average of four replicates. In the same column with different letter(s) are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05). Conc concentration

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