Selenium supply affects chlorophyll concentration and biomass production of maize (Zea mays L.)

Figures & Tables

Se (mg kg^-1)	Chlorophyll a		Chlorophyll b		Total chlorophyll (a and b)		Carotenoids
	H	LP	H	LP	H	LP	H	LP
				(mg g⁻¹	FW)
Control	12.73^a	7.21^a	1.20^d	5.27^d	13.93^d	12.48^d	8.41^b	2.68^a
1.30	8.65^b	5.17^b	12.31^b	13.20^ab	20.96^a	18.37^a	9.12^a	2.20^ab
6.57	6.31^c	4.34^c	18.11^a	13.48^a	24.42^b	17.82^ab	4.51^c	0.30^b
13	5.23^c	4.44^c	8.89^c	12.47^b	14.12^c	16.91^c	4.31^c	0.30^b
26	4.10^cd	3.27^d	0.61^e	6.23^c	4.71^e	9.51^e	0.85^d	0.04^c

Correlated traits	Chl-a	Chl-b	Carotenoids	Total (a chlorophyll and b)	Root BM	Shoot BM	Shoot-ratio to-root
Chl-a		-0.294	0.828^**	0.071	0.362	0.598^*	0.860^**
Chl-b	-0.191		0.166	0.933^**	0.378	0.298	0.308
Carotenoids	0.845^**	0.191		0.485	0.797^**	0.925^**	0.878^**
Total (a and chlorophyll b)	0.264	0.896^**	0.570^*		0.529^*	0.535^*	0.692^**
Root BM	0.553*	0.386	0.860**	0.629*		0.955^**	0.739^**
Shoot BM	0.675**	0.355	0.922**	0.653**	0.986**		0.614**
Shoot-ratio to-root	0.859**	0.115	0.797**	0.445	0.361	0.616*

Se (mg kg⁻¹)	Shoot (g plant⁻¹)		Root (g plant⁻¹)		Shoot-to-root ratio
	H	LP	H	LP	H	LP
Control	2.987^b	3.012^b	0.895^b	0.789^b	3.34^a	3.85^a
1.30	4.587^a	4.789^a	1.586^a	1.689^a	2.90^b	2.84^c
6.57	2.258^c	2.158^c	0.789^c	0.678^c	2.88^c	3.20^b
13	1.178^d	1.124^d	0.487^d	0.451^d	2.43^d	2.48^d
26	0.587^e	0.469^e	0.358^e	0.389^e	1.65^e	1.21^e