Table 3 Concentration of secondary and micro-nutrients in the different harvest time points for all plant species
Week of collection | Cropping treatment | Associated species | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Five | Eight | Crop Mixture | Monoculture | Chickpea | Sorghum | |
Beans | ||||||
Calcium | – | – | Week 5: 104 ± 0.85 | Week 5: 89.5 ± 0.87 | Week 5: 110 ± 0.9 | Week 5: 99 ± 1.21 |
Magnesium | 12.39 ± 0.03 | 11.49 ± 0.08 | Week 8: 10.34 ± 0.22 | Week 8: 12.48 ± 0.24 | Week 5: 13.13 ± 0.15 | Week 5: 11.97 ± 0.11 |
Manganese | 0.15 | 0.21 | Week 5: 0.16 | Week 5: 0.14 | – | – |
Zinc | 0.12 | 0.08 | – | – | Week 5: 0.14 | Week 5: 0.08 |
Chickpea | ||||||
Calcium | – | – | Week 8: 57.9 ± 1.63 | Week 8: 81.3 ± 0.73 | NA | NA |
Magnesium | 14.83 ± 0.06 | 13.26 ± 0.16 | – | – | NA | NA |
Manganese | 0.14 | 0.18 | – | – | NA | NA |
Zinc | 0.19 | 0.11 | – | – | NA | NA |
Sorghum | ||||||
Calcium | 15.2 ± 0.08 | 10.5 ± 0.12 | – | – | NA | NA |
Magnesium | 14.91 ± 0.05 | 11.86 ± 0.08 | – | – | NA | NA |
Manganese | – | – | – | – | NA | NA |
Zinc | 0.19 | 0.12 | – | – | NA | NA |