Table 2 Mean values for cadmium and lead content comparisons in single planting and interplanting with garlic.

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

Plants

N

Single planting

Inter-planting

Shoots

Roots

Shoots

Roots

Cd (mg/kg)

Pb (mg/kg)

Cd (mg/kg)

Pb (mg/kg)

Cd (mg/kg)

Pb (mg/kg)

Cd (mg/kg)

Pb (mg/kg)

P.vittata

3

0.096 ± 0.013

2.545 ± 0.067

1.902 ± 0.043

11.964 ± 1.25

0.098 ± 0.019

2.685 ± 0.015

4.796 ± 0.051

12.335 ± 0.322

Conyza Canadensis

3

0.476 ± 0.063

1.308 ± 0.043

0.784 ± 0.117

8.517 ± 0.136

0.600 ± 0.071

2.044 ± 0.175

1.020 ± 0.069

9.558 ± 0.297

Lolium Perenne

3

0.315 ± 0.024

3.184 ± 0.157

1.168 ± 0.060

10.996 ± 1.439

0.298 ± 0.029

5.307 ± 0.167

1.338 ± 0.039

13.282 ± 0.558

  1. N number of plants sampled.