Oguma et al. (2015) studied the characteristics of forest steppe soils in the Terelj area
of Mongolia. According to their study, soil pH (H 2 O) was slightly acidic, ranging
from 5.16 to 6.48 and the C/N ratio ranged from 9.53 to 20.2.
11.3.2 Element Concentrations of Sclerotia Grains and Soil
Samples
The elemental concentrations of the sclerotia grains (TE) and the results of the
variance analysis are summarized in Table 11.2. The average concentrations of Al,
Na, K, Mg, and Ca were 801.4 μg g
À1 , 856.9 μg g
À1 , 4264 μg g
À1 , 2179 μg g
À1 , and
Table 11.2 Concentrations of several elements in Terelj-2 sclerotia grains (n ¼ 4) and dispersion
analysis of inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry and inductively coupled
plasma mass spectrometry analyses
No.
Element
Concentration, μg g
À1 (n ¼ 4)
Variance, %
Average
S rr
S rt
S rs
S rΣ
ICP-OES
1
Al
801.4
0.527
3.240
5.180
6.130
2
Ca
12,271
0.199
5.860
5.880
8.300
3
Cu
113.9
2.250
4.846
5.770
7.860
4
Cr
0.493
3.380
3.290
5.650
7.360
5
Fe
445.2
0.175
4.507
5.470
7.090
6
K
4264
0.393
5.849
5.884
8.310
7
Mn
99.10
0.124
5.793
5.860
8.240
8
Mg
2179
0.212
5.870
5.890
8.320
9
Na
856.9
1.220
4.480
5.520
7.210
10
Ni
0.493
3.170
1.270
5.310
6.310
11
Pb
80.27
2.201
5.066
5.820
8.020
12
Sr
70.43
0.090
5.850
5.880
8.290
13
Si
188.2
0.879
5.720
5.860
8.240
14
Ti
24.41
2.680
1.264
5.190
5.980
15
V
6.170
27.20
42.90
16.20
53.32
16
Zn
363.8
0.040
5.860
5.880
8.300
ICP-MS
17
As
1.302
0.960
5.660
5.850
8.200
18
Ba
185.0
0.040
5.820
5.870
8.270
19
Be
0.320
0.870
4.970
5.630
7.560
20
Co
0.386
0.220
5.630
5.810
8.090
21
Cd
0.152
0.660
5.030
5.640
7.590
22
Li
0.868
0.210
4.870
5.580
7.410
23
Se
0.939
1.540
5.430
5.830
8.110
24
Sn
0.898
0.640
5.130
5.670
7.670
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