Table 2 Effects of AN-SWE on the nutrient contents of leaves, stems and roots of tomato plants.

From: Transcriptomic changes induced by applications of a commercial extract of Ascophyllum nodosum on tomato plants

 

AN-SWE

Control

AN-SWE

Control

AN-SWE

Control

Leaves

Stems

Roots

Macronutrients

Calcium (%)

2.13*

1.11

1.99*

1.03

2.39*

1.18

Magnesium (%)

0.53

0.51

0.3

0.4

0.73*

0.31

Potassium (%)

3.6

3.62

2.88*

1.11

4.56*

1.13

Sodium (%)

0.03

0.04

0.03

0.03

0.09*

0.04

Nitrogen (%)

5.64

5.11

4.08

3.72

5.21

5.23

Phosphorus (%)

0.41*

0.21

0.35

0.3

0.48

0.45

Sulfur (%)

0.06

0.07

0.06

0.06

0.06

0.07

Micronutrients

Boron (ppm)

24.90*

15

25.11*

16.12

44.08*

26.1

Copper (ppm)

47.08*

42.1

22.6

20.1

90.03*

62.7

Iron (ppm)

398.56*

237.3

255.13*

147.03

1157.12*

899.03

Manganese (ppm)

52.34*

27.11

36.32*

20.33

76.11*

57.2

Zinc (ppm)

47.44*

23.32

59.54*

38.22

99.22*

74.11

  1. The data represents the average measurements from three randomly selected plants (SD values were < 0.02). The data was analysed for significant differences by Student’s t-test and significance represented by an “*”.
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