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Table 1 Effects of Cd on photosynthetic parameters 1

From: Structural and functional alterations in photosynthetic apparatus of plants under cadmium stress

Plant species

Cd concentration

% inhibition

Reference

Chl a

Chl b

Fv/Fm

Pn

Pisum sativum

6 mM, 7 DAT

31.00

32.30

--*

79.90

; Januškaitienė, 2012

Picris divarticata

75 μM, 10 DAT

10.84

1.29

--*

44.20

Ying et al. 2010

Zea mays

20 μM, 7 DAT

36.71

37.93

3.76

13.00

Wang et al. 2009

Ricinus communis

50 μM, 12 DAT

27.30

16.70

5.00

47.00

Liu et al. 2011

Lycopersicon esculentum

100 μM, 12 DAT

35.00

23.00

2.47

73.00

;López-Millán et al. 2009

Cucumis sativus

50 μM, 48 hrs

13.89

24.44

1.57

73.00

; Burzynski & Zurek, 2007

Phragmites australis

100 μM, 21 DAT

52.30

73.00

1.28

40.88

Pietrini et al. 2003

  1. * Values are not available.
  2. 1Effective concentration of Cd causing reduction in chlorophyll pigments viz. Chl a and Chl b and non-invasive parameters viz. photosynthetic yield (Fv/Fm) and net CO2 assimilation rate (Pn).