Research Article
Wild Plant Assessment for Heavy Metal Phytoremediation Potential along the Mafic and Ultramafic Terrain in Northern Pakistan
Table 5
The Pearson correlation of MTM in plants (
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| Parameters | Na | K | Ca | Mg | Fe | Mn | Cr | Ni | Co | Cu | Pb | Zn | Cd |
| Na | 1.000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | K | 0.541 | 1.000 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ca | 0.256 | −0.058 | 1.000 | | | | | | | | | | | Mg | 0.265 | 0.123 | 0.308 | 1.000 | | | | | | | | | | Fe | −0.121 | −0.167 | 0.110 | 0.104 | 1.000 | | | | | | | | | Mn | 0.454 | 0.201 | 0.171 | 0.158 | 0.151 | 1.000 | | | | | | | | Cr | 0.197 | −0.037 | 0.101 | 0.316 | 0.186 | 0.103 | 1.000 | | | | | | | Ni | 0.143 | 0.015 | 0.111 | 0.413 | 0.343 | 0.533 | 0.516 | 1.000 | | | | | | Co | −0.025 | −0.205 | 0.385 | 0.205 | 0.413 | 0.178 | 0.522 | 0.545 | 1.000 | | | | | Cu | 0.003 | −0.067 | 0.012 | 0.118 | 0.222 | −0.058 | 0.555 | 0.193 | 0.044 | 1.000 | | | | Pb | −0.075 | −0.124 | 0.324 | 0.103 | 0.072 | 0.079 | −0.057 | 0.137 | 0.298 | 0.160 | 1.000 | | | Zn | −0.023 | −0.098 | 0.020 | 0.040 | 0.209 | −0.069 | 0.164 | 0.066 | 0.124 | 0.397 | 0.238 | 1.000 | | Cd | 0.251 | 0.019 | 0.073 | 0.227 | 0.134 | 0.177 | 0.226 | 0.210 | 0.135 | 0.038 | 0.014 | 0.059 | 1.000 |
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Bold correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Italic correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
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