Table 6.
Mean concentration (mean ± SD, n = 3, mg kg−1 dry weight basis) of each metal in the three areas.
| Elements | Chano Mile | Nechisar Kebele | Konso Special Woreda | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCM | SdCM | SoCM | LNK | SdNK | SoNK | LKS | SdKS | SoKS | ||
| Mean ± SD (mg kg−1) | K | 21390 ± 100 | 10070 ± 80 | 6680 ± 30 | 22140 ± 70 | 10680 ± 40 | 6230 ± 34 | 20990 ± 90 | 11020 ± 72 | 6490 ± 50 |
| Na | 213.0 ± 2.1 | 160.6 ± 2.4 | 187 ± 4.5 | 153.4 ± 2.8 | 175.4 ± 2.6 | 123 ± 3.3 | 245 ± 3.4 | 157.75 ± 3.2 | 174 ± 4.1 | |
| Ca | 6749 ± 16 | 2912 ± 24 | 2164 ± 17 | 7842 ± 21 | 2458 ± 17 | 2014 ± 25 | 7695 ± 21 | 2146 ± 11 | 2469 ± 20 | |
| Mg | 6425 ± 53 | 4312 ± 36 | 3684 ± 39 | 6842 ± 23 | 4152 ± 30 | 3984 ± 26 | 7128 ± 36 | 4215 ± 28 | 4259 ± 22 | |
| Fe | 198 ± 4 | 97 ± 3 | 451 ± 5.5 | 246 ± 2.8 | 76 ± 1.9 | 397 ± 3.5 | 157 ± 2.2 | 87 ± 1.2 | 387 ± 2.9 | |
| Co | 4.98 ± 0.75 | 1.14 ± 0.06 | 1.65 ± 0.05 | 4.35 ± 0.06 | 1.29 ± 0.05 | 2.31 ± 0.03 | 4.12 ± 0.07 | 1.09 ± 0.06 | 2.12 ± 0.02 | |
| Ni | 3.7 ± 0.1 | 1.06 ± 0.01 | 1.47 ± 0.01 | 3.21 ± 0.05 | 1.25 ± 0.04 | 1.94 ± 0.02 | 4.78 ± 0.06 | 1.11 ± 0.03 | 1.86 ± 0.05 | |
| Mn | 57.28 ± 1.51 | 17.14 ± 1.5 | 59.23 ± 2.1 | 54.28 ± 1.1 | 14.12 ± 1.2 | 47.5 ± 1.9 | 42.2 ± 1.2 | 13.46 ± 1.1 | 52.36 ± 1.2 | |
| Zn | 24.12 ± 0.20 | 14.82 ± 0.4 | 21.65 ± 0.12 | 27.64 ± 0.24 | 18.36 ± 0.11 | 16.24 ± 0.15 | 16.18 ± 0.68 | 20.36 ± 0.41 | 18.65 ± 0.19 | |
| Cr | 0.22 ± 0.06 | 0.11 ± 0.02 | 0.42 ± 0.04 | 0.32 ± 0.02 | 0.24 ± 0.01 | 0.96 ± 0.05 | 0.62 ± 0.03 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.87 ± 0.02 | |
| Cu | 8.96 ± 0.05 | 3.71 ± 0.04 | 2.64 ± 0.01 | 9.42 ± 0.04 | 2.31 ± 0.01 | 3.26 ± 0.02 | 7.13 ± 0.04 | 2.84 ± 0.02 | 3.51 ± 0.03 | |
| Cd | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | |
| Pb | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | |
L = leaf; Sd = seed; So = soil; CM = Chano Mile; NK = Nechisar Kebele; and KS = Konso Special Woreda.