Table 11.3
Elemental concentrations of soil and sclerotia grains, Mongolia and Japan
Sample
Al
Fe
Ca
Cu
Pb
Zn
As
Soil, mg kg
À1
Japan
66,333
Æ 9371
40,456
Æ 4725
8380
Æ 3857
31.33
Æ 2.400
33.00
Æ 8.080
72.00
Æ 1.730
11.67
Æ 2.081
Mongolia
64,364
Æ 2695
29,530
Æ 2769
17,427
Æ 2477
21.33
Æ 3.710
24.33
Æ 4.840
103.7
Æ 19.43
8.667
Æ 0.577
Sclerotia grains,
μg g
À1
Japan
13,330
Æ 3699
a
10,108
Æ 3280
a
883.1
Æ 428.6
a
47.84
Æ 25.20
a
73.66
Æ 23.80
a
54.82
Æ 22.09
a
5.732
Æ 1.409
a
Mongolia
1516
Æ 791.3
a
5686
Æ 5179
a
12,291
Æ 27.90
b
128.0
Æ 13.05
a
60.49
Æ 29.59
a
280.0
Æ 125.5
a
3.994
Æ 2.756
a
Values are given as means with standard error
a,b
Means within rows marked with different letters are significantly different by two sample t-test, p
< 0.05
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