. 2022 Aug 1;22:383. doi: 10.1186/s12870-022-03768-6

Table 3.

Heavy metal and macro-nutrient concentrations in different tissues of Alhagi maurorum collected from the study area

Element/ Tissue		A1	A2	A3	F- value
Micro-nutrients (Heavy metals) concentrations (mg/kg)
Fe	Root	225.45 ± 11.524^c	8.90 ± 0.208^a	137.60 ± 7.843^b	183.087
Fe	Shoot	213.75 ± 11.841^c	7.18 ± 0.310^a	77.60 ± 4.322^b	208.079
Zn	Root	16.15 ± 0.566^a	19.73 ± 0.935^b	15.32 ± 0.750^a	9.376
Zn	Shoot	18.15 ± 0.589^ab	19.31 ± 0.693^b	15.43 ± 0.704^a	8.995
Mn	Root	101.23 ± 5.324^b	161.80 ± 84.686^a	18.22 ± 0.808^a	174.263
Mn	Shoot	195.70 ± 10.883^a	190.30 ± 9.925^c	18.54 ± 0.885^a	3.638
Ni	Root	14.93 ± 0.530^a	15.32 ± 0.462^a	15.20 ± 0.872^a	0.352
Ni	Shoot	15.43 ± 0.819^a	15.43 ± 0.398^a	15.56 ± 0.606^a	0.003
Cr	Root	12.30 ± 0.398^b	6.53 ± 0.242^a	5.16 ± 0.103^a	100.914
Cr	Shoot	16.62 ± 0.774^c	13.09 ± 0.930^b	7.70 ± 0.243^a	70.143
Pb	Root	101.50 ± 4.619^a	100.40 ± 5.277^a	101.00 ± 0.462^a	0.015
Pb	Shoot	102.00 ± 4.619^a	101.00 ± 5.600^a	101.40 ± 5.687^a	0.018
B	Root	0.68 ± 0.014^c	0.16 ± 0.005^a	0.77 ± 0.009^b	2958.499
B	Shoot	0.13 ± 0.004^a	0.15 ± 0.001^a	0.52 ± 0.017^b	442.859
Mo	Root	15.00 ± 0.572^b	15.16 ± 0.672^b	11.80 ± 0.427^a	9.935
Mo	Shoot	13.40 ± 0.468^ab	10.22 ± 0.507^a	11.31 ± 0.522^a	21.977
Cu	Root	4.59 ± 0.087^c	2.50 ± 0.017^a	2.12 ± 0.060^a	372.091
Cu	Shoot	12.75 ± 0.710^c	3.30 ± 0.035^b	5.60 ± 0.237^b	147.864
Co	Root	30.00 ± 1.155^a	30.93 ± 1.698^a	30.56 ± 0.883^a	0.053
Co	Shoot	30.31 ± 1.345^a	30.94 ± 1.703^a	31.89 ± 1.651^a	0.385
Cd	Root	15.40 ± 0.722^a	15.10 ± 0.606^a	14.16 ± 0.601^a	1.338
Cd	Shoot	15.56 ± 0.768^a	15.50 ± 0.791^a	16.69 ± 0.722^a	0.669
Macro-nutrients (ppm)
N	Root	18,000.0 ± 980.918^c	5000.0 ± 248.838^a	6000.0 ± 302.53^a	102.481
N	Shoot	25,500.0 ± 1385.06^b	21,000.0 ± 1155.28^b	9500.0 ± 501.717^b	93.509
K	Root	4539.00 ± 228.631^c	890.0 ± 28.290^a	1068.00 ± 45.611^a	110.375
K	Shoot	9612.0 ± 520.193^b	3738.00 ± 188.216^b	1691.0 ± 45.611^a	254.967
P	Root	3676.59 ± 159.112^b	720.90 ± 55.945^a	865.08 ± 20.738^a	77.982
P	Shoot	7785.72 ± 395.323^b	3027.80 ± 240.051^b	1369.71 ± 45.443^a	283.318

The results are recorded as Mean of triplicates ± Standard Error (SE). Different superscript letters refer to significant differences at (P < 0.05) level