Root-TRAPR: a modular plant growth device to visualize root development and monitor growth parameters, as applied to an elicitor response of Cannabis sativa

Table 4 Phytohormone contents detected from shoot and root tissues of control and chitosan-treated plants

	Phytohormone contents (ng/g fresh weight)
	Control			Chitosan
	Shoot	Root	Root/shoot ratio	Shoot	Root	Root/shoot ratio
SA	5888.00 ± 2416.20	23.85 ± 8.92	0.004 ± 0.001	608.53 ± 39.42	18.73 ± 2.76	0.030 ± 0.003*
JA	205.67 ± 92.80	N.D	N.D	34.56 ± 1.55	N.D	N.D
JA-Ile	272.50 ± 116.29	N.D	N.D	51.09 ± 11.65	N.D	N.D
OPDA	35,758.87 ± 12,622.87	8552.14 ± 2732.78	0.26 ± 0.02	15,586.85 ± 3799.29	13,053.10 ± 4101.16	0.79 ± 0.07*
ABA	716.94 ± 129.09	96.62 ± 4.69	0.15 ± 0.03	478.62 ± 85.24	170.55 ± 6.82*	0.41 ± 0.10*
IAA	21.70 ± 1.25	14.43 ± 1.46	0.67 ± 0.08	14.06 ± 0.79*	16.82 ± 1.52	1.22 ± 0.17*
CA	259.48 ± 23.90	47.73 ± 8.48	0.16 ± 0.03	44.88 ± 4.61*	55.28 ± 2.39	1.19 ± 0.13*
Zeatin	N.D	N.D	N.D	N.D	N.D	N.D
BL	N.D	N.D	N.D	N.D	N.D	N.D

Values express mean ± SEM from three biological replicates.
N.D not detectable
*p-value < 0.05 (T-Test), comparing between control and chitosan conditions within the same type of plant tissues

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