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Table 4 Mineral element constituents (mgkg−1) in roots percentage absorption and immobilisation of heavy metal in M. oleifera, planted on Ca(NO3)2 and CaNP-amended soil

From: Responses of Moringa oleifera to alteration in soil properties induced by calcium nanoparticles (CaNPs) on mineral absorption, physiological indices and photosynthetic indicators

Metals

Metal concentration in Root

Percentage absorption

Percentage immobilisation

 

A

B

C

D

E

A

B

C

D

E

A

B

C

D

E

K

79.39 ± 8.41a

82.49 ± 0.00a

83.23 ± 3.23a,b

86.18 ± 2.14b,c

89.16 ± 1.14c

87.05

88.28

90.41

87.52

92.21

     

Na

16.05 ± 0.59a

15.95 ± 0.25a,c

11.02 ± 0.42b

13.60 ± 0.66c

12.85 ± 0.40b

99.09

84.08

77.86

77.42

83.85

     

Ca

34.11 ± 3.23a

38.94 ± 1.99b

40.25 ± 2.91b

39.16 ± 2.33b

37.03 ± 0.07a,b

89.56

89.72

91.09

96.86

89.96

     

Mg

23.22 ± 3.52 a

22.90 ± 0.99a

28.83 ± 7.16 b

24.08 ± 1.58 a

25.71 ± 1.61a,b

77.77

73.87

87.68

70.38

82.41

     

Fe

28.40 ± 6.06a

30.39 ± 8.17b

34.54 ± 7.74b

32.36 ± 2.68a

33.87 ± 9.95b

54.82

60.64

65.84

61.29

66.26

     

Mn

0.72 ± 0.01a,b

0.91 ± 0.00 b

0.93 ± 0.01 b

0.502 ± 0.02 a

0.77 ± 0.01a,b

43.09

56.02

57.06

38.96

68.01

     

Zn

1.19 ± 0.00 a

1.34 ± 0.00 b

1.37 ± 0.00 b

1.35 ± 0.00 b

1.12 ± 0.00 a

92.13

97.08

98.84

83.02

81.52

     

Cu

1.09 ± 0.02 a

0.97 ± 0.00 a

1.30 ± 0.01 b

0.94 ± 0.01 a

0.78 ± 0.02 c

88.55

66.08

90.84

49.01

51.62

     

Ni

0.0223 ± 0.01a

0.0203 ± 0.01a

0.015 ± 0.01b

0.018 ± 0.01a,b

0.02 ± 0.00a

56.03

57.36

85.61

43.07

83.50

19.49

28.45

64.71

17.14

52.40

Cd

0.102 ± 0.00a

0.018 ± 0.00 b

0.005 ± 0.00 c

0.007 ± 0.00 c

0.005 ± 0.00c

20.75

16.45

4.47

6.87

4.65

28.82

84.36

84.51

84.38

85.31

Pb

0.19 ± 0.01a

0.103 ± 0.01 b

0.107 ± 0.00 b

0.15 ± 0.00 a

0.16 ± 0.00 a

73.09

69.07

59.33

65.60

82.48

21.71

36.13

47.24

46.03

40.40

Cr

0.027 ± 0.00a

0.027 ± 0.00a

0.021 ± 0.00a,b

0.022 ± 0.00a,b

0.018 ± 0.00b

14.85

17.47

14.64

15.61

14.02

6.87

21.57

28.83

26.03

34.07

As

nd

0.0020 ± 0.00

nd

nd

nd

0

12.66

0

0

0

100

14.13

100

100

100

  1. Group A: water (control), group B: 100 mg Ca(NO3)2/kg soil, group C: 100 mg CaNPs/kg soil, group D: 75 mg CaNPs/kg soil, group E: 50 mg CaNPs/kg soil. Results of mineral elements in roots and shoot are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of three replicates. Results having different superscripts across the rows for each parameter are significantly different (p < 0.05). nd, not detected