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. 2011 Jul 21;62(14):5037–5050. doi: 10.1093/jxb/err203

Table 3.

Total content of ascorbate (ASC+DHA) (TA), ratio of ASC to DHA (ASC/DHA), total content of glutathione (GSH+GSSG) (TG), ratio of GSH to GSSG (GSH/GSSG), free amino acids (FAAs), and content of non-protein thiols (NP-SHs) in P. yunnanensis females and males, as affected by Cd, N deposition, and their combination, Fs, sex effect; Fm, Cd effect; Fn, N deposition effect; Fs×Fm, the interactive effect of sex and Cd; Fs×Fn, the interactive effect of sex and N deposition; Fm×Fn, the interactive effect of Cd and N deposition; Fs×Fm×Fn, the interactive effect of sex, Cd, and N deposition.

N deposition (g N m−2 year−1) CdCl2·2.5H2O (mg kg−1 dry soil) Sex TA (μmol g−1 FW) ASC/DHA TG (nmol g−1 FW) GSH/GSSG FAAs (mg g−1 FW) NP-SHs (μmol g−1 FW)
0 0 Female 11.53±0.28 c 7.30±0.33 a 247.02±11.43 d 1.62±0.06 a 0.27±0.02 d 0.35±0.02 d
0 0 Male 13.20±0.47 abc 4.30±0.21 c 268.48±12.89 d 1.24±0.05 b 0.41±0.02 d 0.42±0.02 cd
0 50 Female 8.09±0.12 d 2.93±0.11 de 329.53±10.04 bc 1.07±0.05 bc 0.39±0.03 d 0.62±0.03 b
0 50 Male 11.73±0.50 c 2.25±0.16 e 392.95±13.53 a 0.97±0.04 c 0.58±0.02 c 0.80±0.06 a
6 0 Female 12.66±0.48 abc 5.94±0.14 b 298.18±8.73 cd 1.55±0.05 a 0.70±0.03 c 0.43±0.02 cd
6 0 Male 14.35±0.21 a 4.08±0.23 c 285.34±9.42 cd 1.26±0.04 b 1.26±0.03 a 0.41±0.02 cd
6 50 Female 11.88±0.49 bc 4.38±0.28 c 339.43±11.55 abc 1.24±0.06 b 0.86±0.02 b 0.54±0.04 bc
6 50 Male 13.77±0.51 ab 3.66±0.11 cd 383.76±10.36 ab 1.13±0.03 bc 0.96±0.04 b 0.69±0.04 ab
P: Fs *** *** ** *** *** ***
P: Fm *** *** *** *** NS ***
P: Fn *** * * * *** NS
P: Fs×Fm NS *** ** ** *** **
P: Fs×Fn NS NS NS NS *** NS
P: Fm×Fn ** *** * * *** **
P: Fs×Fm×Fn NS NS NS NS *** NS

Each value is the mean ±SE (n=5). Values followed by the same letter in the same column are not significantly different according to Tukey's test. NS, not significant; *P <0.05; **0.01 ≤P <0.001; and ***P ≤ 0.001.