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Growth Responses and Metal Accumulation in an Ornamental Plant (Osmanthus fragrans var. thunbergii) Submitted to Different Cd Levels

Table 1

Biomass and its components (means ± SD, ) of O. fragrans var. thunbergii under different Cd supplies treatments.


	Leaf biomass (g)	Stem biomass (g)	Root biomass (g)	Litter biomass (g)	Total (g)

CK	17.96 ± 1.46a	25.38 ± 3.99a	20.72 ± 4.06a	1.61 ± 0.60a	65.67 ± 4.58a	0.82 ± 0.08a
CK	27.35%	38.65%	31.55%	2.45%	100%	0.82 ± 0.08a
T1	14.82 ± 2.08a	22.28 ± 4.44ab	20.65 ± 3.75a	1.28 ± 0.44a	59.03 ± 5.12a	0.93 ± 0.05b
T1	25.11%	37.74%	34.98%	2.17%	100%	0.93 ± 0.05b
T2	5.62 ± 2.97b	5.83 ± 1.53bc	6.05 ± 1.79b	1.27 ± 0.54a	18.77 ± 3.43b	1.04 ± 0.09b
T2	29.94%	31.06%	32.23%	6.77%	100%	1.04 ± 0.09b
T3	4.70 ± 2.10b	5.53 ± 1.76bc	5.60 ± 0.96b	1.26 ± 0.31a	17.09 ± 3.54b	1.01 ± 0.12b
T3	27.50%	32.36%	32.77%	7.37%	100%	1.01 ± 0.12b
T4	3.61 ± 1.73b	2.52 ± 0.52c	2.55 ± 1.11c	1.25 ± 0.47a	9.93 ± 2.18c	1.01 ± 0.11b
T4	36.35%	25.38%	25.68%	12.59%	100%	1.01 ± 0.11b

Different letters within a column indicate the significant differences among the treatments ().