Table III.
Shoot and root dry-matter weights and Mn concentrations for the Mn-efficient barley genotype Vanessa and the Mn-inefficient barley genotype Antonia grown in a hydroponic system with mixed cultivation of the two genotypes at a continuously low Mn concentration (10–50 nm)
Values are means ± se (n = 4).
| Days
|
Root | Shoot | Root | Shoot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomass | Mn Concentration | ||||
| g DW | μg g−1 DW | ||||
| Antonia | 25 | 0.35 ± 0.01 | 1.49 ± 0.08 | 31.8 ± 6.7 | 29.3 ± 5.2 |
| 32 | 0.79 ± 0.10 | 3.50 ± 0.43 | 83.7 ± 5.6 | 37.0 ± 3.9 | |
| Vanessa | 25 | 0.33 ± 0.04 | 1.47 ± 0.17 | 29.6 ± 1.2 | 46.6 ± 1.5 |
| 32 | 0.96 ± 0.09 | 3.76 ± 0.45 | 54.5 ± 5.0 | 59.7 ± 4.0 | |