Agriculture Reference
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Plants Treatments
*
Shoot Root BCF TF
------------ mg kg
-1
------------
Star cluster Cd-CK ND b ND a ---- ----
Cd-10 8.20±0.94 a
#
22.7±2.02 a 0.84 0.36
Cd-20 10.7±2.8 a 18.9±17.2 a 0.61 0.57
French marigold Cd-CK ND c ND c ---- ----
Cd-10 44.9±0.7 b 65.0±17.8 b 4.61 0.69
Cd-20 66.3±6.5 a 113±21 a 3.77 0.59
Impatiens Cd-CK ND c ND b ---- ----
Cd-10 48.9±11.7 b 29.5±9.6 ab 5.02 1.66
Cd-20 100±11 a 99.0±8.4 a 5.68 1.01
Garden verbena Cd-CK ND b ND b ---- ----
Cd-10 21.5±5.5 a 39.3±13.5 a 2.21 0.55
Cd-20 7.63±1.75 b 49.5±11.2 a 0.43 0.15
Scarlet sage Cd-CK ND b ND c ---- ----
Cd-10 21.8±7.6 a 45.9±8.2 b 2.24 0.47
Cd-20 30.8±5.3 a 71.0±15.5 a 1.75 0.43
* Total Cd concentration digested by aqua regia: Cd-CK = 0.43±0.15 mg Cd kg
-1
; Cd-10 = 9.73±0.05 mg
Cd kg
-1
; Cd-20 = 17.6±0.8 mg Cd kg
-1
# means ± standard deviation (n = 3); ND: not detectable; The different small letters within same
column of same plant tissue stand for statistical significance (
p
< 0.05)
Table 1. The Cd concentration, bioconcentration factor (BCF), and translocation factor (TF) of
Star cluster, French marigold, Impatiens, Garden verbena, and Scarlet sage grown in the
different Cd-treated soil for 35 days (Lin et al., 2010).
1000
Shoot: Cd‐CK
Shoot: Cd‐10
Shoot: Cd‐20
Root: Cd‐CK
Root: Cd‐10
Root: Cd‐20
800
600
400
200
0
Plants
Fig. 1. The total removal of Cd concentration of Star cluster, French marigold, Impatiens,
Garden verbena, and Scarlet sage grown in the different Cd-treated soil for 35 days (Lin et
al., 2010).
