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Table 1 Analyses of dry biomass, chromium (Cr) and reduced glutathione (GSH) contents under different concentrations of Cr (400 μM) and GSH (1 mM) in two cultivars of Brassica napus

From: Comparative transcriptome profiling of two Brassica napus cultivars under chromium toxicity and its alleviation by reduced glutathione

Cultivar

Treatment

Dry weight (g/plant)

Cr content (mg Kg−1 DW)

GSH content (μmol min−1 mg−1 protein)

Leaf

Root

Leaf

Root

Leaf

Root

ZS 758

Ck

0.074 ± 0.002 a

1.8 ± 0.05 a

0.015 ± 0.002 e

0.022 ± 0.002 e

7.13 ± 1.03 c

5.62 ± 0.52 b

Cr

0.053 ± 0.003 c

1.3 ± 0.15 c

46.31 ± 5.01 c

958.22 ± 53.02 c

11.34 ± 1.04 a

6.48 ± 0.58 ab

Cr + GSH

0.067 ± 0.002 b

1.66 ± 0.06 a

28.43 ± 2.03 d

614.56 ± 33.76 d

9.62 ± 1.02 ab

7.18 ± 1.08 a

Zheda 622

Ck

0.076 ± 0.002 a

1.75 ± 0.05 a

0.017 ± 0.002 e

0.028 ± 0.002 e

7.06 ± 1.06 c

5.53 ± 0.53 b

Cr

0.043 ± 0.001 d

0.9 ± 0.05 d

71.94 ± 5.04 a

1372.96 ± 70.06 a

8.14 ± 1.04 bc

5.74 ± 0.54 b

Cr + GSH

0.051 ± 0.001 c

1.44 ± 0.04 b

52.84 ± 3.04 b

1046.97 ± 56.06 b

7.54 ± 1.04 c

6.68 ± 0.58 ab

  1. Values are the means of three replications ± SD. Variants possessing the same letter are not statistically significant at P < 0.05