Research Article
Effects of Different Harvest Times on Nutritional Component of Herbaceous Peony Flower Petals
Table 1
The mineral elements content of developmental P. lactiflora petals (μg/g DW).
| Element | Cultivar | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 |
| Na | Dafugui | 30.34 ± 0.03c | 44.72 ± 0.02c | 54.62 ± 0.09b | 82.82 ± 0.18a | Hongyan Zhenghui | 42.70 ± 0.18b | 65.51 ± 0.12a | 48.61 ± 0.08b | 62.36 ± 0.16a | Yangfei Chuyu | 20.96 ± 0.10d | 41.06 ± 0.11c | 64.05 ± 0.24a | 49.17 ± 0.09b |
| Mg | Dafugui | 1342.36 ± 37.04a | 959.55 ± 47.38bc | 810.85 ± 24.55c | 1178.99 ± 38.93ab | Hongyan Zhenghui | 1091.03 ± 20.34b | 1127.32 ± 30.42b | 1063.27 ± 40.31b | 1273.48 ± 20.46a | Yangfei Chuyu | 1264.32 ± 50.31a | 1171.43 ± 20.54b | 1134.75 ± 20.12b | 1262.63 ± 10.44a |
| K | Dafugui | 10514.52 ± 20.32a | 8194.57 ± 40.15b | 6723.68 ± 40.23b | 7871.38 ± 36.56b | Hongyan Zhenghui | 9633.46 ± 20.35c | 10859.27 ± 10.66b | 10167.22 ± 10.54bc | 12253.63 ± 20.01a | Yangfei Chuyu | 11643.75 ± 30.63a | 10432.46 ± 40.54b | 10583.33 ± 20.36ab | 11392.76 ± 10.59ab |
| Ca | Dafugui | 1342.37 ± 10.44b | 1193.35 ± 7.33cd | 993.87 ± 30.01d | 2304.77 ± 11.20a | Hongyan Zhenghui | 848.67 ± 10.66d | 1012.54 ± 10.41c | 1476.46 ± 20.22b | 2493.13 ± 13.03a | Yangfei Chuyu | 1634.11 ± 20.66d | 1882.43 ± 13.05c | 2319.76 ± 31.03b | 3038.46 ± 8.79a |
| Mn | Dafugui | 1.71 ± 0.01d | 2.92 ± 0.01c | 7.78 ± 0.02a | 3.73 ± 0.00b | Hongyan Zhenghui | 1.14 ± 0.00c | 5.16 ± 0.02b | 8.44 ± 0.02a | 4.72 ± 0.00b | Yangfei Chuyu | 1.84 ± 0.02c | 4.64 ± 0.01b | 6.67 ± 0.01a | 4.61 ± 0.01b |
| Fe | Dafugui | 53.50 ± 0.05c | 72.72 ± 0.62b | 57.25 ± 0.08c | 138.99 ± 0.11a | Hongyan Zhenghui | 50.33 ± 0.28c | 56.24 ± 0.18c | 77.42 ± 0.11b | 149.72 ± 0.10a | Yangfei Chuyu | 48.70 ± 0.25c | 64.91 ± 0.08b | 49.39 ± 0.11c | 95.72 ± 0.11a |
| Ni | Dafugui | 1.44 ± 0.03a | 1.71 ± 0.05a | 1.20 ± 0.01a | 2.17 ± 0.03a | Hongyan Zhenghui | 1.52 ± 0.01b | 1.93 ± 0.01ab | 1.68 ± 0.00ab | 1.99 ± 0.01a | Yangfei Chuyu | 1.71 ± 0.01bc | 1.54 ± 0.01c | 1.96 ± 0.01ab | 2.33 ± 0.00a |
| Zn | Dafugui | 25.50 ± 0.09a | 20.53 ± 0.11bc | 18.67 ± 0.23c | 23.19 ± 0.06bc | Hongyan Zhenghui | 22.44 ± 0.10a | 18.71 ± 0.02bc | 16.69 ± 0.03c | 20.76 ± 0.01ab | Yangfei Chuyu | 26.50 ± 0.01a | 24.41 ± 0.01b | 22.76 ± 0.01c | 24.54 ± 0.07b |
| Mo | Dafugui | 1.92 ± 0.01 | — | — | — | Hongyan Zhenghui | — | — | — | — | Yangfei Chuyu | — | — | — | — |
| Cr | Dafugui | — | — | — | — | Hongyan Zhenghui | — | — | — | — | Yangfei Chuyu | — | — | — | — |
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Note: — means not detected.
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