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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pedosphere. 2017 Aug 5;28(4):666–679. doi: 10.1016/S1002-0160(17)60440-5

Table V.

Metal transfer factors (MTFs) for vegetables grown in the study area

Vegetable species Cu Zn Cr Ni Mn
Fruit vegetables (n = 79)
 M. charantia (n = 5) 0.70 ± 0.32a) 0.30 ± 0.51 0.09 ± 0.04 0.21 ± 0.18 0.36 ± 1.69
 L. acutangula (n = 8) 0.73 ± 0.77 0.26 ± 0.40 0.07 ± 0.11 0.24 ± 0.28 0.34 ± 0.30
 S. lycopersicum (n = 10) 1.58 ± 1.38 0.20 ± 0.31 0.10 ± 0.13 0.28 ± 0.25 0.53 ± 1.26
 A. malvaceae (n = 13) 0.73 ± 0.34 0.26 ± 0.40 0.07 ± 0.08 0.17 ± 0.12 0.60 ± 2.45
 C. sativus (n = 8) 0.82 ± 0.54 0.20 ± 0.24 0.82 ± 11.7 1.00 ± 19.81 0.38 ± 2.87
 S. melongena (n = 7) 1.11 ± 0.62 0.19 ± 0.46 0.07 ± 0.06 0.18 ± 0.06 0.35 ± 1.06
 P. fistulosus (n = 8) 0.82 ± 0.84 0.27 ± 0.63 0.13 ± 0.05 0.26 ± 0.25 0.32 ± 0.68
 B. oleracea (n = 7) 0.24 ± 0.24 0.11 ± 0.26 0.06 ± 0.09 0.11 ± 0.23 0.31 ± 1.54
 B. hispada (n = 7) 0.79 ± 0.55 0.22 ± 0.25 0.11 ± 0.11 0.29 ± 0.27 0.40 ± 3.59
 P. sativum (n = 6) 0.40 ± 1.05 0.08 ± 0.40 0.02 ± 0.02 0.04 ± 0.04 0.12 ± 1.04
Leaf vegetables (n = 53)
 M. arvensis (n = 5) 0.96 ± 0.43 0.18 ± 0.17 0.06 ± 0.07 0.17 ± 0.19 0.47 ± 0.45
 L. sativa (n = 4) 0.62 ± 1.01 0.14 ± 0.49 0.05 ± 0.07 0.13 ± 0.11 0.31 ± 1.20
 B. vulgaris (n = 17) 0.84 ± 0.95 0.33 ± 1.91 0.08 ± 0.07 0.18 ± 0.25 0.57 ± 2.24
 B. oleracea (n = 5) 0.21 ± 0.21 0.08 ± 0.15 0.05 ± 0.18 0.10 ± 0.18 0.30 ± 2.73
 C. sativum (n = 10) 0.80 ± 1.16 0.21 ± 0.58 0.10 ± 0.10 0.17 ± 0.21 0.29 ± 1.11
 A. chinense (n = 7) 1.38 ± 2.13 0.32 ± 0.17 0.13 ± 0.33 0.23 ± 1.92 0.39 ± 4.96
 P. oleracea (n = 5) 1.27 ± 0.95 0.26 ± 0.90 0.10 ± 0.05 0.26 ± 0.67 0.26 ± 3.82
Root vegetables (n = 43)
 A. cepa (n = 5) 0.40 ± 0.17 0.12 ± 0.23 0.06 ± 0.07 0.18 ± 0.15 0.20 ± 0.81
 A. sativum (n = 12) 0.49 ± 1.26 0.10 ± 0.40 0.04 ± 0.09 0.16 ± 0.73 0.16 ± 1.33
 R. sativus (n = 8) 0.56 ± 2.38 0.20 ± 0.61 0.06 ± 0.08 0.12 ± 0.13 0.32 ± 1.64
 B. rapa (n = 7) 0.31 ± 0.37 0.18 ± 1.36 0.12 ± 0.10 0.14 ± 0.18 0.31 ± 1.32
 D. carota (n = 4) 0.39 ± 1.04 0.09 ± 1.85 0.03 ± 0.27 0.05 ± 0.20 0.15 ± 0.85
 C. esculanta (n = 3) 0.51 ± 0.28 0.11 ± 0.02 0.05 ± 0.38 0.15 ± 0.29 0.56 ± 2.65
 S. tuberosum (n = 4) 1.48 ± 9.15 0.22 ± 0.63 0.07 ± 0.13 0.17 ± 0.12 0.46 ± 1.51
a)

Means ± standard deviations.