Table 4.

Effect of solution La or Ce concentrations on the nutrient concentrations in mungbean roots

	La or Ce concentration (μm)
	0	0·2		0·9		5			Mean
Nutrient		La	Ce	La	Ce	La	Ce	LSD (5 %)*	La	Ce	LSD (5 %)†
Per cent
N	5·75	5·70	5·48	4·78	4·86	3·84	3·40	0·17	4·77	4·58	0·10
P	0·60	0·63	0·60	0·80	0·65	0·55	0·50	0·03	0·66	0·59	0·02
K	8·27	7·98	7·47	7·22	6·79	3·57	2·69	n.s.	6·25	5·65	0·15
S	0·62	0·55	0·54	0·56	0·49	0·29	0·18	n.s.	0·47	0·40	n.s.
Ca	0·31	0·30	0·31	0·14	0·18	0·14	0·10	0·03	0·19	0·19	n.s.
Mg	0·32	0·40	0·38	0·20	0·29	0·13	0·09	0·03	0·25	0·23	n.s.
mg kg−1
Na	314	314	316	540	574	750	1061	42	535	650	24
Cu	27	18	20	30	40	31	35	n.s.	27	32	n.s.
Zn	289	199	342	137	138	209	120	48	182	200	n.s.
Mn	113	142	157	45	55	29	42	n.s.	72	85	n.s.
Fe	358	362	322	708	582	619	868	36	563	591	21
B	40	45	30	57	59	40	77	19	47	55	n.s.

* LSD (5 %) for REE × concentration interaction.

^† LSD (5 %) for REE effect.

n.s. = not significant at P = 0·05.