Table 1.
Mineral content of exotic and local genotypes of spider plant and four standards (swiss chard, pumpkin, cowpea, and jute mallow).
| g/kg DW | mg/kg DW | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genotypes | N | Ca | Mg | P | Al | Cu | Fe | Mn | Zn |
| GPS (E) | 67.3 a | 19.1 a | 6.5 b | 8.4 ab | 256.3 bc | 14.7 bcd | 409.3 ab | 123.3 fg | 71.3 ab |
| UG-SF-15 (E) | 66.7 ab | 15.6 bcd | 6.1 bcd | 6.8 bcde | 152.0 ghij | 15.4 bc | 275.7 def | 130.3 fg | 75.0 a |
| PS (E) | 65.6 ab | 15.5 bcd | 6.3 bc | 7.9 abc | 195.0 defgh | 14.5 bcd | 367.3 abcd | 109.7 fg | 65.3 bc |
| ML-5-TGM (L) | 64.4 ab | 14.8 bcde | 4.5 efg | 7.1 abcd | 146.7 ghij | 9.6 gh | 235.0 f | 199.3 bcdefg | 58.0 def |
| ML-SF-29 (E) | 63.7 ab | 16.3 abc | 5.5 cbde | 6.3 cde | 299.7 ab | 11.6 defgh | 431.3 a | 509.3 a | 50.3 ghij |
| ML-3-KK (L) | 62.6 abc | 13.7 bcdef | 4.9 cdefg | 7.3 abcd | 254.3 bc | 11.3 defgh | 373.3 abc | 169.3 defg | 52.0 efghij |
| MP-B-3-CG (L) | 61.4 abcd | 15.3 bcd | 4.7 defg | 6.8 bcde | 178.3 efghi | 11.6 defgh | 289.3 cdef | 134.0 fg | 47.0 ijk |
| ML-13-SDM (L) | 60.9 abcd | 15.3 bcd | 6.3 bc | 8.7 a | 201.3 cdefg | 15.7 abc | 346.7 abcde | 285.3 bc | 63.7 cd |
| IP-3 (E) | 60.5 abcd | 16.4 abc | 6.1 bcd | 6.2 de | 210.3 cdef | 10.2 fgh | 288.7 cdef | 169.3 defg | 52.0 efghij |
| ML-14-MAG(L) | 60.4 abcd | 16.6 abc | 5.2 bcdef | 7.1 abcd | 231.0 cde | 12.5 cdefg | 419.3 ab | 175.7 cdefg | 48.7 hij |
| MP-B-1-CG (L) | 60.1 abcd | 12.8 defg | 5.5 bcde | 7.3 abcd | 177.7 efghi | 12.3 cdefgh | 331.0 bcde | 217.0 bcdef | 59.0 cde |
| MP-B-4-CG (L) | 59.2 abcd | 14.6 bcde | 4.9 cdefg | 7.1 abcd | 246.3 bcd | 12.4 cdefg | 359.7 abcd | 157.3 efg | 55.3 efgh |
| ML-12-TMP (L) | 57.8 abcd | 15.7 bcde | 6.1 bcd | 7.8 abcd | 249.0 bcd | 13.8 bcde | 399.3 ab | 139.7 fg | 51.7 fghij |
| Pumpkin (S) | 55.8 abcd | 14.1 bcde | 6.1 bcd | 4.4 f | 135.7 ij | 16.3 ab | 342.3 abcde | 123.0 fg | 41.0 kl |
| MP-B-2-CG (L) | 55.8 abcd | 13.8 bcdef | 5.4 bcde | 6.8 bcde | 219.7 cdef | 13.4 bcdef | 352.0 abcd | 280.0 bcd | 54.0 efghi |
| ML-2-DD (L) | 54.8 bcde | 16.9 ab | 6.4 bc | 7.9 abcd | 316.3 a | 9.9 gh | 405.0 ab | 302.3 b | 50.3 ghij |
| ML-6-BTK (L) | 54.7 bcde | 13.4 cdef | 4.7 defg | 5.3 ef | 167.7 fghi | 8.9 h | 254.3 ef | 137.0 fg | 48.7 hij |
| Cowpea (S) | 51.2 cde | 15.2 bcd | 3.8 fg | 4.1 f | 124.3 ij | 10.7 efgh | 196.7 f | 264.3 bcde | 37.3 l |
| Swiss chard (S) | 50.0 de | 11.8 efg | 11.5 a | 3.9 f | 256.3 bc | 18.9 a | 405.7 ab | 436.3 a | 56.0 efg |
| Jute mallow (S) | 49.7 de | 10.8 g | 3.7 fg | 4.3 f | 97.0 j | 14.1 bcd | 236.0 f | 273.3 bcd | 37.0 l |
| TZ-1 (E) | 4.37 e | 9.8 g | 3.7 g | 5.3 ef | 142.3 hij | 9.2 gh | 229.0 f | 91.0 g | 45.7 jk |
| Mean | 58.4 | 14.5 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 202.7 | 12.7 | 330.0 | 200.5 | 53.3 |
| R2 (%) | 52.99 | 62.88 | 82.72 | 75.44 | 82.44 | 70.61 | 70.82 | 79.89 | 88.29 |
| C.V. (%) | 12.56 | 13.89 | 16.23 | 15.63 | 16.65 | 16.33 | 17.13 | 32.70 | 8.30 |
| LSD | 12.77 | 3.50 | 1.60 | 1.80 | 46.39 | 3.54 | 56.27 | 85.85 | 5.17 |
a–l Means with the same superscript in a column are not significantly different (p < 0.05). E = exotic; L = local; S = standard; N = nitrogen; Mg = magnesium; Ca = calcium; P = phosphorus; Al = aluminum; Cu = copper; Fe = iron; Mn = manganese; and Zn = zinc.