Organic Matter and Barium Absorption by Plant Species Grown in an Area Polluted with Scrap Metal Residue

Table 6

Transfer factor (TF) and translocation index (TI) of Ba in the tested species.

Treatment	Mg ha^−1	TF			TI (%)
		Oilseed radish	Sunflower	Castor oil plant	Oilseed radish	Castor oil plant	Sunflower
Sugar cane filter cake	0	0.70	0.47	0.26	89.23	74.64	59.22
	20	0.70	0.46	0.32	90.63	66.71	60.92
	40	0.69	0.45	0.29	90.32	71.77	60.45
	80	0.65	0.41	0.28	90.52	65.70	60.13
Average		0.69	0.45	0.29	90.20	69.57	60.21
Peat	0	0.75	0.52	0.30	89.01	72.86	59.59
	20	0.71	0.49	0.29	88.24	74.76	59.87
	40	0.68	0.48	0.27	89.52	72.69	59.37
	80	0.71	0.47	0.28	88.10	72.98	59.82
Average		0.71	0.49	0.29	88.71	73.35	59.66