Table 4 Effect of 24-epibrassinolide and silicon individually and in combination on micronutrients (B, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn) in shoot and root in Pisum sativum seedlings under Cd stress

C

40.31±0.312^b

31.35±0.582^b

170±0.622^b

30.21±0.695^c

39.27±0.298^b

28.78±0.262^b

68.67±0.514^b

530±3.34^b

98.7±0.95^c

46.15±0.426^d

C+EBL

41.11±0.316^b

32.27±0.286^b

175±0.632^b

37.25±0.75^b

40.52±0.304^a

30.21±0.276^a

72.36±0.52^a

540±5.34^b

105±0.98^b

48.22±0.442^c

C+Si

41.52±0.322^b

33.07±0.288^b

175±0.632^b

35.11±0.74^b

41.12±0.306^a

30.88±0.282^a

72.91±0.524^a

546±1.35^b

104±0.98^b

50.81±0.464^b

C+EBL+Si

43.46±0.332^a

35.71±0.302^a

194±0.662

42.39±0.805^a

43.07±0.312^a

30.95±0.284^a

74.25±0.534^a

555±1.37^a

115±1.02^a

53.15±0.494^a

Cd

22.17±0.232^e

22.42±0.204^e

124±0.438^e

13.27±0.49^f

24.51±0.244^e

16.22±0.17^e

47.11±0.424^e

347±1.03^e

59.15±0.79^f

27.08±0.244^g

Cd+EBL

26.53±0.942^d

25.77±0.256^d

152±0.576^d

24.29±0.62^e

29.55±0.656^d

19.35±0.202^d

55.32±0.466^d

398±3.14^d

78.62±2.85^e

36.91±0.35^f

Cd+Si

29.11±0.448^d

25.91±0.26^d

153±0.574^d

22.77±0.595^e

31.47±0.468^d

20.16±0.222^d

57.08±0.47^d

403±3.12^d

71.25±1.83^e

37.61±0.354^f

Cd+EBL+Si

33.42±0.278^c

28.51±0.27^c

165±0.596^c

27.03±0.665^d

35.26±0.282^c

26.69±0.24^c

63.92±0.484^c

475±2.2^c

82.44±0.88^d

41.51±0.39^e