The Scientific World Journal

Research Article

Growth Responses and Photosynthetic Indices of Bamboo Plant (Indocalamus latifolius) under Heavy Metal Stress

Table 3

Effects of different concentrations of HMs on growth indices Indocalamus latifolius.
HMsGrowth indicesConcentration
500 (mg/kg−1)1000 (mg/kg−1)2000 (mg/kg−1)
CuPercentage of 
shoot length		11↑22↓47↓
Percentage emerged plants6↓30↓57↓
PbPercentage of 
shoot length		4↑17↓73↓
Percentage of emerged plants14↓25↓36↓
ZnPercentage of 
shoot length		18↑10↓34↓
Percentage of emerged plants5 ↑17↓32↓
Upward and downward pointing arrows are indicative of increase and decrease in each column.