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Table 3 Heavy metal and macro-nutrient concentrations in different tissues of Alhagi maurorum collected from the study area

From: Eco-biochemical responses, phytoremediation potential and molecular genetic analysis of Alhagi maurorum grown in metal-contaminated soils

Element/ Tissue

A1

A2

A3

F- value

Micro-nutrients (Heavy metals) concentrations (mg/kg)

 Fe

Root

225.45 ± 11.524c

8.90 ± 0.208a

137.60 ± 7.843b

183.087

Shoot

213.75 ± 11.841c

7.18 ± 0.310a

77.60 ± 4.322b

208.079

 Zn

Root

16.15 ± 0.566a

19.73 ± 0.935b

15.32 ± 0.750a

9.376

Shoot

18.15 ± 0.589ab

19.31 ± 0.693b

15.43 ± 0.704a

8.995

 Mn

Root

101.23 ± 5.324b

161.80 ± 84.686a

18.22 ± 0.808a

174.263

Shoot

195.70 ± 10.883a

190.30 ± 9.925c

18.54 ± 0.885a

3.638

 Ni

Root

14.93 ± 0.530a

15.32 ± 0.462a

15.20 ± 0.872a

0.352

Shoot

15.43 ± 0.819a

15.43 ± 0.398a

15.56 ± 0.606a

0.003

 Cr

Root

12.30 ± 0.398b

6.53 ± 0.242a

5.16 ± 0.103a

100.914

Shoot

16.62 ± 0.774c

13.09 ± 0.930b

7.70 ± 0.243a

70.143

 Pb

Root

101.50 ± 4.619a

100.40 ± 5.277a

101.00 ± 0.462a

0.015

Shoot

102.00 ± 4.619a

101.00 ± 5.600a

101.40 ± 5.687a

0.018

 B

Root

0.68 ± 0.014c

0.16 ± 0.005a

0.77 ± 0.009b

2958.499

Shoot

0.13 ± 0.004a

0.15 ± 0.001a

0.52 ± 0.017b

442.859

 Mo

Root

15.00 ± 0.572b

15.16 ± 0.672b

11.80 ± 0.427a

9.935

Shoot

13.40 ± 0.468ab

10.22 ± 0.507a

11.31 ± 0.522a

21.977

 Cu

Root

4.59 ± 0.087c

2.50 ± 0.017a

2.12 ± 0.060a

372.091

Shoot

12.75 ± 0.710c

3.30 ± 0.035b

5.60 ± 0.237b

147.864

 Co

Root

30.00 ± 1.155a

30.93 ± 1.698a

30.56 ± 0.883a

0.053

Shoot

30.31 ± 1.345a

30.94 ± 1.703a

31.89 ± 1.651a

0.385

 Cd

Root

15.40 ± 0.722a

15.10 ± 0.606a

14.16 ± 0.601a

1.338

Shoot

15.56 ± 0.768a

15.50 ± 0.791a

16.69 ± 0.722a

0.669

Macro-nutrients (ppm)

 N

Root

18,000.0 ± 980.918c

5000.0 ± 248.838a

6000.0 ± 302.53a

102.481

Shoot

25,500.0 ± 1385.06b

21,000.0 ± 1155.28b

9500.0 ± 501.717b

93.509

 K

Root

4539.00 ± 228.631c

890.0 ± 28.290a

1068.00 ± 45.611a

110.375

Shoot

9612.0 ± 520.193b

3738.00 ± 188.216b

1691.0 ± 45.611a

254.967

 P

Root

3676.59 ± 159.112b

720.90 ± 55.945a

865.08 ± 20.738a

77.982

Shoot

7785.72 ± 395.323b

3027.80 ± 240.051b

1369.71 ± 45.443a

283.318

  1. The results are recorded as Mean of triplicates ± Standard Error (SE). Different superscript letters refer to significant differences at (P < 0.05) level