Research Article

Variation of Photosynthesis, Fatty Acid Composition, ATPase and Acid Phosphatase Activities, and Anatomical Structure of Two Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) Cultivars in Response to Fluoride

Table 2

Fluoride (F) accumulation in roots and leaves of PY and FD after 2-week fluoride treatments (mg kg−1 DM). Data are expressed as means ± SD ( ).

TreatmentPYFD
RootLeafRootLeaf

Control0.5 ± 0.0595 ± 40.4 ± 0.0481 ± 3
0.1 mM F2.2 ± 0.2***167 ± 8***1.4 ± 0.1***124 ± 6***
0.2 mM F3.6 ± 0.3***210 ± 10***2.1 ± 0.2***177 ± 9***
0.3 mM F5.6 ± 0.4***269 ± 11***3.4 ± 0.3***226 ± 14***

Indicates significant difference compared with the control at according to Fisher’s test.
PY: “Pingyangtezao” tea cultivar; FD: “Fudingdabai” tea cultivar.