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Table 9.

Correlation between biomass and Se content

Items	Root biomass	Stem biomass	Leaf biomass	Shoot biomass	Root total Se	Stem total Se	Leaf total Se	Shoot total Se	Root organic Se	Stem organic Se	Leaf organic Se	Shoot organic Se	Root inorganic Se	Stem inorganic Se	Leaf inorganic Se
Root biomass
Stem biomass	0.946^**
Leaf biomass	0.951^**	0.971^**
Shoot biomass	0.954^**	0.981^**	0.999^**
Root total Se	0.227	0.309	0.385	0.372
Stem total Se	0.778^**	0.797^**	0.855^**	0.848^**	0.564^*
Leaf total Se	0.560^*	0.624^*	0.687^**	0.678^**	0.704^**	0.926^**
Shoot total Se	0.624^*	0.682^**	0.741^**	0.733^**	0.678^**	0.957^**	0.996^**
Root organic Se	0.096	0.180	0.255	0.242	0.988^**	0.447	0.602^*	0.571^*
Stem organic Se	0.795^**	0.811^**	0.865^**	0.859^**	0.519^*	0.998^**	0.903^**	0.938^**	0.401
Leaf organic Se	0.558^*	0.622^*	0.685^**	0.676^**	0.702^**	0.926^**	1.000^**	0.995^**	0.601^*	0.902^**
Shoot organic Se	0.627^*	0.683^**	0.742^**	0.734^**	0.670^**	0.959^**	0.995^**	1.000^**	0.563^*	0.941^**	0.995^**
Root inorganic Se	0.784^**	0.816^**	0.868^**	0.862^**	0.635^*	0.906^**	0.909^**	0.922^**	0.508	0.886^**	0.907^**	0.920^**
Stem inorganic Se	0.272	0.324	0.393	0.381	0.842^**	0.622^*	0.812^**	0.776^**	0.787^**	0.566^*	0.811^**	0.767^**	0.760^**
Leaf inorganic Se	0.647^**	0.713^**	0.774^**	0.766^**	0.742^**	0.913^**	0.956^**	0.959^**	0.636^*	0.886^**	0.954^**	0.955^**	0.955^**	0.850**
Shoot inorganic Se	0.504	0.579^*	0.627^*	0.620^*	0.811^**	0.804^**	0.920^**	0.905^**	0.724^**	0.762^**	0.918^**	0.899^**	0.901^**	0.951**	0.965**

The correlation was based on the Pearson correlation analysis function of SPSS 20.0.0. **: Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed test). *: Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed test). N = 20