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. 2014 Mar 25;5:104. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00104

Table 2.

Macronutrient leaf and stem concentrations (mean ± SE; the same letters within the same tissue and element correspond to Tukey’s HSD 95% homogeneous groups).

[Macronutrients] (g kg-1 DW)
Tissue Species Treatment N P K Ca Mg
Leaf U. laevis 0 μM Fe 25.8 ± 0.5 a 9.3 ± 0.2 f 16.8 ± 0.3 ab 53.0 ± 1.1 d 10.4 ± 0.2 e
1 μM Fe 30.7 ± 0.3 bc 6.0 ± 0.2 e 17.5 ± 1.1 ab 38.4 ± 1.7 cd 6.8 ± 0.2 d
5 μM Fe 32.1 ± 3.4 bc 2.6 ± 0.1 ab 14.0 ± 0.7 a 32.2 ± 2.0 abc 5.0 ± 0.3 c
20 μM Fe 40.1 ± 0.4 c 2.4 ± 0.1 ab 15.9 ± 0.7 ab 25.2 ± 1.2 a 3.5 ± 0.2 a
U. minor 0 μM Fe 35.3 ± 0.7 bc 5.2 ± 0.1 de 15.0 ± 0.3 a 40.0 ± 0.8 cd 5.6 ± 0.1 cd
1 μM Fe 34.3 ± 1.6 bc 4.1 ± 0.5 cd 17.2 ± 1.5 ab 36.8 ± 1.0 bc 6.5 ± 0.1 d
5 μM Fe 37.4 ± 1.0 bc 2.4 ± 0.1 a 15.9 ± 1.2 ab 32.6 ± 1.9 bc 4.6 ± 0.2 bc
   
   
20 μM Fe
39.7 ± 0.9 c
3.2 ± 0.2 bc
19.3 ± 1.1 b
27.9 ± 1.5 ab
3.6 ± 0.3 ab
Stem U. laevis 0 μM Fe 32.5 ± 0.6 b 4.7 ± 0.1 d 9.6 ± 0.2 a 20.1 ± 0.4 c 2.0 ± 0.0 bc
1 μM Fe 18.0 ± 0.4 a 3.6 ± 0.1 cd 12.4 ± 0.2 ab 14.1 ± 0.3 bc 1.3 ± 0.0 abc
5 μM Fe 19.5 ± 2.8 a 1.6 ± 0.1 ab 12.5 ± 0.9 ab 8.9 ± 0.7 ab 1.1 ± 0.1 ab
20 μM Fe 16.6 ± 1.0 a 1.4 ± 0.1 a 11.9 ± 0.8 ab 7.0 ± 0.6 a 0.9 ± 0.1 a
U. minor 0 μM Fe 29.1 ± 0.6 b 3.3 ± 0.1 c 12.5 ± 0.3 a 13.0 ± 0.3 bc 2.4 ± 0.0 c
1 μM Fe 27.4 ± 0.5 b 4.2 ± 0.1 cd 24.0 ± 0.5 c 15.0 ± 0.3 c 4.0 ± 0.1 d
5 μM Fe 17.2 ± 1.2 a 1.5 ± 0.1 ab 14.7 ± 0.9 ab 7.3 ± 0.6 a 1.7 ± 0.1 c
20 μM Fe 19.4 ± 1.5 a 2.0 ± 0.1 a 17.7 ± 1.5 cd 7.4 ± 0.3 a 1.5 ± 0.1 bc