Table 1 Mean values for biomasses of aerial part and underground part of single plant and interplant garlic with P. vittata, Conyza canadensis and Lolium perenne.

From: Garlic (Allium sativum) based interplanting alters the heavy metals absorption and bacterial diversity in neighboring plants

Plants

N

Single planting

Inter-planting

Aerial part (shoot) (mg/kg)

Underground part (root) (mg/kg)

Aerial part (shoot) (mg/kg)

Underground part (root) (mg/kg)

P. vittata

3

0.7 ± 0.3

0.3 ± 0.2

1.4 ± 0.3

0.5 ± 0.1

Conyza canadensis

3

2.1 ± 0.2

1.5 ± 0.1

2.9 ± 0.4

1.7 ± 0.1

Lolium perenne

3

1.8 ± 0.5

0.9 ± 0.4

1.8 ± 0.2

1.3 ± 0.4

  1. N number of plants sampled.
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