Enhanced detoxification methods for the safe reuse of treated olive mill wastewater in irrigation

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 4 Effects of treated and untreated OMWW and their dilutions on the germination ratio, shoot and root length, SFW, PI, and SVI

OMWW	Germination (%)		Shoot length (cm)		Root length (cm)		SFW (mg)		PI		SVI
OMWW	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Raw	0.00^f	0.000	0.00^g	0.000	0.00^f	0.000	0.00^f	0.000	1.00 ^a	0.000	0.00^h	0.000
T1	0.00^f	0.000	0.00^g	0.000	0.00^f	0.000	0.00^f	0.000	1.00^a	0.000	0.00^h	0.000
T2	40.67^e	1.247	6.33^f	0.236	2.17^e	0.236	73.00^e	0.000	0.64^b	0.050	346.17^g	33.060
T3	52.33^d	2.055	7.17^e	0.236	2.50^de	0.408	83.00^d	0.002	0.58 ^bc	0.090	505.17^f	32.210
0.50 Raw	0.00^f	0.000	0.00^g	0.000	0.00^f	0.000	0.00^f	0.000	1.00^a	0.000	0.00^h	0.000
0.50 T1	62.33^c	1.247	7.33^e	0.236	3.17^d	0.236	90.67^c	0.001	0.47^c	0.050	655.00^e	47.130
0.50 T2	85.33^b	1.247	11.50^d	0.408	3.17^d	0.236	106.00^b	0.010	0.47^c	0.050	1251.50^d	29.790
0.25 Raw	0.00^f	0.000	0.00^g	0.000	0.00^f	0.000	0.00^f	0.000	1.00^a	0.000	0.00^h	0.000
0.25 T1	91.33^a	2.494	15.50^a	0.408	7.33^a	0.471	123.33^a	0.005	0.00^e	0.000	2083.67^a	51.690
0.25 T2	90.67^a	0.943	13.33^c	0.471	4.33^c	0.236	90.67^c	0.001	0.28^d	0.050	1602.33^c	89.200
Tap water	90.33^a	1.247	14.83^b	0.624	6.00^b	0.816	95.67^c	0.001	0.00^e	0.140	1881.67^b	9.104

n = 3 and SD standard deviation. The means with same letters in the same column show insignificant difference at p ≤ 0.05