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. 2014 Nov 11;9(11):e111461. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111461

Table 3. Dry Biomass (g plant−1) of Pak choi Shoots Grown on Seven Chinese Soils with Different Loading Rates of Cd.

Cd conc. (mg kg−1) Mollisols Ustic Cambosols Stagnic Anthrosols Periudic Argosols Typic Haplustalfs Udic Ferrisols Calcaric Regosols
Ck 1.95±0.18a 1.54±0.13a 1.13±0.31a 0.84±0.29a 0.73±0.20a 0.95±0.11a 2.07±0.46a
1 1.91±0.37a 1.66±0.59a 1.10±0.30a 0.63±0.35ab - - -
2 2.22±0.58a 1.02±0.49a 1.14±0.53a 0.59±0.47ab 0.54±0.41ab 0.79±0.23ab 1.98±0.11a
4 1.89±0.49a 1.47±0.08a 1.25±0.28a 0.51±0.03ab 0.43±0.38ab 0.58±0.06abc 1.95±0.06a
6 1.86±0.48a 1.35±0.13ab 1.09±0.09a 0.36±0.02ab 0.38±0.11ab 0.50±0.24bc 1.90±0.15a
8 1.54±0.28a 0.95±0.15b 1.11±0.51a 0.17±0.06b 0.10±0.01b 0.39±0.29c 1.75±0.17a

Mean values followed by different letters within the same column are significantly different at P <0.05.