Treatment(mmol) Treatmentmg/kg Contents of above groundµg/g.dw Contents of rootsµg/g.dw Contents of total plant µg/g.dw TF BCF ofaboveground BCF of total plant
88Sr 0 - - - - - - -
0.1 8.76 119.2 ± 4.3dD 128.6 ± 2.1dD 247.8 ± 3.3dD 0.93 13.61 28.29
0.5 43.81 158.4 ± 12.1cC 161.4 ± 36.3cC 319.8 ± 24.2cC 0.98 3.62 7.30
1 87.62 217.6 ± 13.4bB 201.4 ± 18.6bB 419.0 ± 15.5bB 1.08 2.48 4.78
5 438.1 382.7 ± 25.2aA 256.7 ±16.4aA 639.4 ± 21.9aA 1.49 0.87 1.46
133Cs 0 0 - - - - - -
0.1 13.92 128.4 ± 24.1dD 173.5 ± 6.9dD 301.9 ± 15.0dD 0.74 9.22 21.69
0.5 66.45 455.3 ± 22.3cC 473.2 ± 11.6cC 928.5 ± 17.6cC 0.96 6.85 13.97
1 132.91 913.6 ± 32.7bB 753.4 ± 29.7bB 1667.0 ± 31.1bB 1.21 5.67 12.54
5 664.50 1820.1 ± 170.1aA 1715.1 ± 130.8aA 3535.2 ± 150.5aA 1.06 2.74 5.32
Note: Results represent means ± SD. Different small letters represents significant difference at p=0.05 level. Different capital letters represents significant difference at p=0.01 level. “-” means the item could not be detected.
Table 2: The uptake and distribution of 133Cs or 88Sr in amaranth.