TABLE 2.
Effects of different treatments on Cd fractions (Tukey’s HSD test) a
Compartment | Bulk soil | Rhizosphere | ||||
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Treatment | CK | Low | High | CK | Low | High |
Water-soluble Cd (mg/kg) | 0.022 ± 0.001a | 0.022 ± 0.001a | 0.022 ± 0.000a | 0.024 ± 0.000a | 0.023 ± 0.000a | 0.022 ± 0.003a |
Exchangeable Cd (mg/kg) | 0.31 ± 0.03a | 0.26 ± 0.12a | 0.24 ± 0.03a | 0.36 ± 0.11a | 0.31 ± 0.13a | 0.40 ± 0.13a |
Carbonate bound Cd (mg/kg) | 0.19 ± 0.03ab | 0.27 ± 0.15b | 0.36 ± 0.03a | 0.19 ± 0.01b | 0.21 ± 0.08b | 0.21 ± 0.03b |
Iron-manganese oxide bound Cd (mg/kg) | 0.25 ± 0.02a | 0.32 ± 0.13a | 0.39 ± 0.05a | 0.25 ± 0.00a | 0.36 ± 0.10a | 0.36 ± 0.08a |
Organic bound Cd (mg/kg) | 0.06 ± 0.00ab | 0.06 ± 0.01ab | 0.07 ± 0.01a | 0.06 ± 0.00b | 0.06 ± 0.01ab | 0.06 ± 0.01ab |
Residual Cd (mg/kg) | 0.85 ± 0.08a | 0.85 ± 0.13a | 0.90 ± 0.12a | 0.73 ± 0.10a | 0.79 ± 0.11a | 0.64 ± 0.40a |
Total Cd (mg/kg) | 1.67 ± 0.16a | 1.69 ± 0.07a | 1.70 ± 0.17a | 1.66 ± 0.10a | 1.75 ± 0.34a | 1.67 ± 0.24a |
Different letters mean significant differences between samples within rows (P < 0.05).