Table 3.
Zn concentration in different parts of different vegetable crops grown in nutrient solution*
Zn supply levels (mg/L) | Zn concentrations (mg/kg DW) |
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Chinese cabbage |
Pakchoi |
Celery |
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Root | Shoot | Root | Shoot | Root | Stem | Leaf | |
0.03 | 135.5 e | 65.9 e | 127.5 e | 61.7 d | 115.0 e | 72.5 e | 125.8 e |
25 | 1167 d | 494 d | 1587 d | 925 c | 2308 d | 870 d | 1295 d |
50 | 2313 c | 1024 c | 2623 c | 977 c | 4350 c | 2820 c | 2070 c |
100 | 3595 b | 1835 b | 4642 b | 1883 b | 7567 b | 4075 b | 2342 b |
200 | 12807 a | 2975 a | 7483 a | 2375 a | 12823 a | 4514 a | 2978 a |
All data are means of 3 replications; Values followed by the same letter in the same column are not significantly different by Duncan’s multiple range test (P>0.05)