Table 5.
Elemental composition as affected by celery type and plant part.
| Parameter | Plant Part | Celery Type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaf | Stalk | Root | |||||
| Elixir | Samurai | Atlant | Primus | Egor | Dobrynya | ||
| Ash (g·100 g-1 f.w.) |
Leaves | 9.6 ± 0.8cA | 14.4 ± 1.5abA | 17.2 ± 1.6aA | 16.8 ± 1.5aA | 13.0 ± 1.1bA | 16.8 ± 1.4aA |
| Petioles | 7.9 ± 0.7cA | 9.1 ± 0.8bcB | 10.5 ± 1.0bB | 10.3 ± 1.1bB | 9.2 ± 0.9bcB | 13.4 ± 1.2aB | |
| Roots | - | - | - | 4.1 ± 0.3bC | 6.0 ± 0.5aC | ||
| K | Leaves | 36.2 ± 2.6aB | 34.4 ± 2.0aB | 28.3 ± 1.7bB | 28.0 ± 1.4bB | 15.5 ± 1.1cC | 28.3 ± 1.1bA |
| (g·kg-1 d.w.) | Petioles | 46.4 ± 3.5aA | 48.0 ± 3.9aA | 39.3 ± 2.5bA | 38.6 ± 2.2bA | 22.4 ± 1.8cA | 20.7 ± 0.9cC |
| Roots | - | - | - | 18.6 ± 1.0bB | 25.6 ± 1.2aB | ||
| Mn (mg·kg-1 d.w.) |
Leaves | 8.1 ± 0.7cA | 13.1 ± 1.2bA | 12.9 ± 1.2bA | 13.2 ± 1.2bA | 28.6 ± 2.9aA | 24.9 ± 2.3aA |
| Petioles | 8.2 ± 0.9bA | 6.1 ± 0.5cB | 7.1 ± 0.6bcB | 7.3 ± 0.8bcB | 10.8 ± 1.0aB | 13.3 ± 1.2aB | |
| Roots | - | - | - | 8.5 ± 0.7aC | 6.5 ± 0.7bC | ||
| Fe (mg·kg-1 d.w.) |
Leaves | 96.2 ± 8.5dA | 125.8 ± 11.5cA | 107.3 ± 9.9cdA | 105.0 ± 10.1cdA | 189.3 ± 17.5bA | 342.5 ± 30.7aA |
| Petioles | 91.3 ± 8.8cA | 53.8 ± 5.2dB | 48.4 ± 4.3dB | 46.7 ± 3.9dB | 202.6 ± 19.0aA | 151.3 ± 14.0bB | |
| Roots | - | - | - | 47.8 ± 4.3aB | 54.2 ± 5.1aC | ||
| Cu (mg·kg-1 d.w.) |
Leaves | 2.5 ± 0.2bA | 4.6 ± 0.5aA | 5.3 ± 0.5aA | 5.5 ± 0.6aA | 5.2 ± 0.5aA | 5.7 ± 0.6aA |
| Petioles | 2.5 ± 0.3cA | 2.6 ± 0.3cB | 2.4 ± 0.2cB | 2.5 ± 0.2cB | 4.1 ± 0.3bB | 6.2 ± 0.6aA | |
| Roots | - | - | - | 4.1 ± 0.4bB | 5.6 ± 0.6aA | ||
| Zn (mg·kg-1 d.w.) |
Leaves | 10.1 ± 0.9aA | 8.9 ± 0.8aA | 9.2 ± 0.8aA | 8.9 ± 0.8aA | 6.4 ± 0.7bA | 9.9 ± 1.0a |
| Petioles | 7.9 ± 0.8aB | 7.3 ± 0.6aA | 7.5 ± 0.8aA | 7.7 ± 0.7aA | 2.6 ± 0.3cB | 4.2 ± 0.3b | |
| Roots | - | - | - | 7.2 ± 0.6bA | 9.1 ± 0.8a | ||
| Se (µg·kg-1 d.w.) |
Leaves | 26 ± 2bA | 43 ± 3aA | 30 ± 3bA | 28 ± 3bA | 44 ± 3aA | 42 ± 4aB |
| Petioles | 22 ± 2cA | 25 ± 2bcA | 28 ± 2cA | 27 ± 2cA | 38 ± 4bA | 75 ± 6aA | |
| Roots | 38 ± 3aA | 24 ± 2bC | |||||
The values followed by different letters are significantly different according to Duncan’s test at p ≤ 0.05; lowercase letters refer to the comparison between different genotypes and capital letters refer to the comparison between plant parts. Abbreviations: f.w., fresh weight; d.w., dry weight.