Table 2 in Nitrogen fertilization: Effect on Cd-phytoextraction by the halophytic plant quail bush [Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Wats] *

<p><b>Table 2</b> Transfer of Cd from soil to roots and from root to shoot of <i>A. lentiformis</i>.</p><table><tbody><tr><th>N rates</th><th>Soil&ndash;root transfer</th><th>Root&ndash;shoot transfer</th><th>% Removed Cd</th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th>C</th><td>85 &plusmn; 4.25 e</td><td>0.68 &plusmn; 0.02 a</td><td>4.09 &plusmn; 1.22 d</td></tr><tr><th>100</th><td>122 &plusmn; 5.46 d</td><td>0.64 &plusmn; 0.04 a</td><td>5.60 &plusmn; 1.44 c</td></tr><tr><th>200</th><td>144 &plusmn; 6.78 c</td><td>0.60 &plusmn; 0.05 a</td><td>6.33 &plusmn; 1.75 b</td></tr><tr><th>300</th><td>165 &plusmn; 5.08b</td><td>0.63 &plusmn; 0.06 a</td><td>7.56 &plusmn; 2.00 a</td></tr><tr><th>400</th><td>175 &plusmn; 6.12 a</td><td>0.63 &plusmn; 0.04 a</td><td>7.93 &plusmn; 2.02 a</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Root&ndash;shoot transfer = Cd concentrations in shoot ∕ Cd concentrations in roots. Soil&ndash;root transfer = Cd concentrations in roots ∕ available soil Cd (mg kg).</p><p>% Removed Cd = Cd uptake by shoot ∕ total soil Cd.</p><p>Means (&plusmn;standard deviation, n = 4) denoted by different letters are significantly different at <i>P</i> &lt;0.05.</p>