Assessment of metals bioavailability to vegetables under field conditions using DGT, single extractions and multivariate statistics

Table 5 Metals in roots of vegetables collected from the study area

Sites		Carrot (mg kg^-1 dw)			Onion (mg kg^-1 dw)			Garlic (mg kg^-1 dw)
		Cu	Zn	Cd	Cu	Zn	Cd	Cu	Zn	Cd
BM	Mean	4.22	39.5	0.60	2.75	34.5	0.32	3.07	38.7	0.28
	Range	2.41-7.32	19.5-77.9	0.27-0.92	1.45-3.60	21.7-57.6	0.17-0.59	1.85-4.30	25.6-64.5	0.09-0.46
RC	Mean	3.39	33.8	0.28	2.51	24.9	0.16	2.68	29.0	0.22
	Range	2.10-6.50	21.7-48.6	0.06-0.64	2.05-3.20	17.9-44.1	0.05-0.27	2.10-3.31	17.8-46.5	0.03-0.44
SA	Mean	4.29	32.3	0.12	2.68	27.9	0.17	2.68	33.3	0.14
	Range	2.04-5.70	19.9-64.3	0.04-0.34	1.81-3.51	18.3-48.6	0.05-0.42	1.77-3.55	21.7-53.6	0.03-0.35

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