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. 2014 Apr 3;5:112. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00112

Table 2.

Mineral concentration (μg g-1) in roots, pod walls, leaves, and seeds of wild-type (WT) and transgenic 392-3 soybean plants grown in hydroponic conditions with 100 μM Fe(III)-EDDHA until full maturity (FM).

Mineral (μg g-1) Roots
Pod walls
Leaves
Seeds
WT 392-3 WT 392-3 WT 392-3 WT 392-3
Fe 2904 ± 109 2592 ± 177 49 ± 1 120 ± 4*** 435 ± 18 1142 ± 69*** 96 ± 2 112 ± 3**
Mn 10 ± 0.6 9 ± 0.3 22 ± 2 17 ± 1 49 ± 6 47 ± 1 20 ± 1 24 ± 1*
K 13256 ± 83 41661 ± 2644* 26722 ± 436 32064 ± 620** 15385 ± 200 13336 ± 977 18920 ± 415 19341 ± 78
P 4079 ± 97 7991 ± 529* 2572 ± 37 4244 ± 89** 1427 ± 53 2414 ± 68** 6389 ± 164 6509 ± 132
Zn 45 ± 1 137 ± 50* 49 ± 1 84 ± 19** 157 ± 3 162 ± 2 61 ± 1 76 ± 1**
Cu 27 ± 1 25 ± 2 8 ± 0.1 13 ± 0.3** 3 ± 0.1 8 ± 0.4** 15 ± 0.1 17 ± 0.1***
Ca 9788 ± 72 7553 ± 200* 23605 ± 395 19275 ± 124** 21861 ± 330 30398 ± 591** 3519 ± 57 3674 ± 61
Ni 2 ± 0.4 3 ± 0.2* 3 ± 0.1 5 ± 0.1** 1 ± 0.1 2 ± 0.2** 8 ± 0.1 9 ± 0.1*
Mg 435 ± 0.5 534 ± 12* 4886 ± 61 4310 ± 59* 1648 ± 28 2346 ± 120* 2190 ± 21 2103 ± 16
Mo 5 ± 0.3 3 ± 0.3* 39 ± 2 20 ± 1 23 ± 2 18 ± 1 55 ± 0.9 55 ± 0.3

Values are shown as mean ± SE and represent an average of five plants. Significance within tissue types: *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.