Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 4 Effects of different cadmium (Cd) levels of nutrient solution in root and shoot concentrations of Cd (mg kg⁻¹ DW) in young and mature plants of garden cress

From: Plant growth stage influences heavy metal accumulation in leafy vegetables of garden cress and sweet basil

(mg L⁻¹)	Shoot Cd		Root Cd
(mg L⁻¹)	Young plants	Mature plants	Young plants	Mature plants
Cd 0	0.02 ± 0.008c	0.07 ± 0.01b	0c	0c
Cd 5	6.25 ± 0.90b	4.55 ± 0.68ab	342 ± 33ab	246 ± 20b
Cd 10	11.25 ± 1.4a	5.78 ± 0.96a	378 ± 15a	348 ± 18a

In each plant and for a given trait, means with at least one common letter are not significantly different at 5% level of Duncan's multiple range test

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