Table 4. The effect of various amounts of intercropped green garlic on the micronutrient concentrations of cucumber plants in the experiment carried out during the spring of 2012.

Treatment	Amount of bulbs intercropped (g)	Fe (µg g-1)		Mn (µg g-1)		Zn (µg g-1)
		shoot	root	shoot	root	shoot	root
CK	0	370.00±15.28	538.33±30.05	61.67±0.60	27.00±1.04	44.67±0.33	60.33±1.76
T1	150	313.67±4.70***	1351.67±59.47***	61.50±0.76	35.50±1.89***	48.00±0.58	64.33±2.96
T2	300	329.67±3.18**	1380.00±39.69***	64.83±0.73*	48.67±0.73***	50.00±2.65	70.00±0.58**
T3	450	338.33±6.17**	1401.67±47.64***	70.33±0.44***	51.33±1.88***	51.00±2.00*	77.00±2.00***
T4	600	289.00±3.21***	943.33±36.55***	61.33±0.33	42.50±1.50***	50.33±1.86*	77.33±1.20***
T5	750	299.33±2.33***	648.33±6.01	61.33±1.59	32.67±0.17*	51.33±1.76*	75.33±1.76***

Values are the means ± standard error of three replicates.

^*Significant at the 0.05 probability level.

^**Significant at the 0.01 probability level.

^***Significant at the 0.001 probability level.