Table 3.

The concentration of minerals in whole aerial plant part of legumes at branching stage

Species	K (g/100 g)	Ca (g/100 g)	Mg (g/100 g)	P (g/100 g)	Zn (mg/100 g)	Fe (mg/100 g)
Tpr	2.84 ± 0.12d	1.90 ± 0.01cd	0.580 ± 0.024c	0.302 ± 0.030a	3.04 ± 0.42b	19.0 ± 1.03a
Tme	2.17 ± 0.05a	2.05 ± 0.03d	0.507 ± 0.012bc	0.278 ± 0.023a	2.98 ± 0.02ab	23.2 ± 0.30a
Msa	2.66 ± 0.13bc	1.81 ± 0.08bc	0.409 ± 0.015a	0.355 ± 0.038bc	2.33 ± 0.17a	30.7 ± 0.24b
Mlu	2.59 ± 0.01b	1.77 ± 0.16bc	0.431 ± 0.009ab	0.347 ± 0.017bc	2.72 ± 0.33ab	38.9 ± 0.58c
Ovi	2.11 ± 0.05a	1.43 ± 0.06a	0.362 ± 0.020a	0.298 ± 0.021a	2.64 ± 0.06ab	46.3 ± 3.09d
Agl	2.76 ± 0.03cd	1.50 ± 0.08a	0.546 ± 0.021c	0.315 ± 0.007ab	2.60 ± 0.22ab	69.0 ± 3.47e
Aci	2.96 ± 0.13e	1.63 ± 0.04ab	0.408 ± 0.035a	0.376 ± 0.014c	3.04 ± 0.35b	37.6 ± 0.55c
Mean	2.59	1.73	0.464	0.324	2.76	37.8
LSD 05	0.071	0.131	0.051	0.027	0.455	3.13
LSD 01	0.108	0.199	0.077	0.042	0.690	4.74
P	8 × 10−5	0.0024	0.0033	0.0098	0.2505	3 × 10−6

Means followed by the same letter in a column do not differ significantly by the Duncan’s multiple range test (< 0.05)

P Probability level of differences among species for mineral concentration

LSD ₀₅ and LSD ₀₁ show significant differences from mean at P < 0.05 and P < 0.01