Table 1 Effect of Fe treatments on growth and chemical content
From: Productivity of wormwood (Artemisia abrotanum) enhanced by trace elements
Fe treatments (g/L) | Growth characters | EO | Nutrient | ||||||||
Content (%) | Uptake (g/plant) | ||||||||||
PH | FW | DW | % | Yield | N | P | K | N | P | K | |
First season | |||||||||||
0 | 40.7 ± 0.6 | 74.1 ± 0.5 | 27.7 ± 0.3 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 10.1 ± 0.1 | 2.0 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 2.9 ± 0.1 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.1 |
1 | 50.3 ± 0.3 | 114.7 ± 0.7 | 38.7 ± 0.3 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 11.6 ± 0.4 | 2.1 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 3.1 ± 0.1 | 0.8 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 1.2 ± 0.1 |
2 | 53.8 ± 0.4 | 173.1 ± 0.5 | 55.4 ± 0.7 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 16.6 ± 0.3 | 2.2 ± 0.2 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 3.5 ± 0.2 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 1.9 ± 0.2 |
3 | 56.8 ± 0.4 | 183.3 ± 0.7 | 72.8 ± 0.4 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 36.4 ± 0.3 | 2.6 ± 0.2 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 3.8 ± 0.2 | 1.9 ± 0.3 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 2.8 ± 0.2 |
4 | 51.1 ± 0.1 | 173.9 ± 0.5 | 65.1 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 26.1 ± 0.2 | 2.4 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 3.2 ± 0.2 | 1.6 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 2.1 ± 0.1 |
F values | 763.3*** | 55510.1*** | 3621.2*** | 3.9 ns | 4301.7*** | 2.7 ns | 1.8 ns | 17.1*** | 44.3*** | 3.0 ns | 77.3*** |
Second season | |||||||||||
0 | 35.1 ± 0.4 | 66.1 ± 0.8 | 22.8 ± 0.5 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 4.0 ± 0.3 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 2.9 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.7 ± 0.2 |
1 | 43.1 ± 0.5 | 114.1 ± 0.9 | 43.3 ± 0.6 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 13.0 ± 0.4 | 2.1 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 3.1 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 1.3 ± 0.1 |
2 | 44.7 ± 0.7 | 182.2 ± 1.1 | 47.1 ± 0.8 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 14.1 ± 0.3 | 2.1 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 3.5 ± 0.3 | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 1.6 ± 0.1 |
3 | 52.3 ± 0.8 | 197.3 ± 0.8 | 63.2 ± 0.6 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 25.3 ± 0.3 | 2.5 ± 0.2 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 3.8 ± 0.3 | 1.6 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 2.4 ± 0.1 |
4 | 50.7 ± 0.7 | 185.7 ± 0.9 | 55.7 ± 0.9 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 16.7 ± 0.3 | 2.2 ± 0.2 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 3.2 ± 0.3 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 1.8 ± 0.1 |
F values | 2422.4*** | 75424.2*** | 5237.6*** | 1.5 ns | 400.8*** | 14.4 ns | 1.9 ns | 17.1*** | 36.0*** | 3.0 ns | 53.6** |