Table 1.

Effect of mixing of two different soils on plant height, plant fresh weight, plant dry weight, total chlorophyll contents, raw fibre yield, and degummed fibre yield on C. capsularis.

Treatments	Plant Height (cm)	Plant Fresh Weight (g)	Plant Dry Weight (g)	Total Chlorophyll (mg g−1 FW)	Raw Fibre Yield (g)	Degummed Fiber Yield (g)
Ck	241.3 ± 5 a	158.6 ± 4 a	57.6 ± 2 a	2.9 ± 0.01 a	97.0 ± 2 a	25.0 ± 1 a
T1	234.6 ± 4 a	148.0 ± 2 b	51.6 ± 2 b	2.8 ± 0.06 a	92.0 ± 1 a	24.0 ± 1 a
T2	218.3 ± 4 b	138.3 ± 3 c	45.0 ± 1 c	2.4 ± 0.07 b	83.0 ± 2 b	19.0 ± 1 b
T3	198.6 ± 3 c	124.3 ± 3 d	41.0 ± 1 d	2 ± 0.06 c	72.0 ± 3 c	13.6 ± 2 c
T4	184.0 ± 6 d	105.0 ± 3 e	33.6 ± 3 e	1.6 ± 0.08 d	63.3 ± 2 d	9.0 ± 1 d

Values in the table are just one harvest. Different lowercase letters within a column indicate a significant difference between the treatments (p < 0.05). Data shown are the average of five replications (n = 5). Ck (soil without addition of Cu-contaminated soil), T1 (Cu-contaminated soil is mixed with natural soil by 1:4), T2 (Cu-contaminated soil is mixed with natural soil by 1:2), T3 (Cu-contaminated soil is mixed with natural soil by 1:1) and T4 (Cu-contaminated soil is mixed with natural soil by 1:0).