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. 2020 May 25;9(5):677. doi: 10.3390/foods9050677

Table 6.

Main effects of genotypes and NH4:NO3 ratio on dry matter and inorganic anion of microgreens (second experiment).

Dry Matter Cl NO3 SO42− Na+ Mg2+ K+ Ca2+
g 100 g−1 FW g 100 g−1 DW
Genotype (G)
Broccoli raab 6.29 ± 0.23 0.97 ± 0.25 8.03 ± 1.34 b 2.18 ± 0.18 c 0.16 ± 0.03 b 0.30 ± 0.03 2.23 ± 0.31 b 1.08 ± 0.11
Broccoli 5.81 ± 1.01 0.89 ± 0.31 8.29 ± 1.25 b 2.45 ± 0.36 b 0.15 ± 0.02 b 0.30 ± 0.02 2.51 ± 0.17 a 1.10 ± 0.11
Cauliflower 6.53 ± 1.41 0.91 ± 0.33 9.57 ± 0.55 a 2.80 ± 0.26 a 0.18 ± 0.03 a 0.30 ± 0.02 2.27 ± 0.29 b 1.06 ± 0.11
NH4:NO3 (%) (R)
5–95 6.45 ± 0.32 0.78 ± 0.15 b 8.22 ± 1.50 b 2.36 ± 0.35 b 0.18 ± 0.02 0.32 ± 0.01 2.12 ± 0.29 c 1.16 ± 0.08 a
15–85 6.04 ± 0.94 0.74 ± 0.14 b 9.55 ± 0.59 a 2.68 ± 0.38 a 0.14 ± 0.01 0.30 ± 0.02 2.37 ± 0.21 b 1.08 ± 0.09 ab
25–75 6.09 ± 1.47 1.25 ± 0.24 a 8.13 ± 1.08 b 2.38 ± 0.34 b 0.17 ± 0.04 0.29 ± 0.03 2.52 ± 0.18 a 1.01 ± 0.11 b
Significance
G NS NS *** *** * NS * NS
R NS ** ** ** NS NS *** *
G*R ** NS ** NS ** NS NS NS

Significance: ***, **, and * respectively for p ≤ 0.001, p ≤ 0.01, and p ≤ 0.05; NS, not significant. Means values (± standard deviation) within each column and main effect followed by different letters are significantly different, according to SNK test (p = 0.05).