Contamination Assessment of Durum Wheat and Barley Irrigated with Treated Wastewater through Physiological and Biochemical Effects and Statistical Analyses
Table 3
Element concentrations (mg. kg−1 DW) in shoot and root of durum wheat and barley on control soil and soil irrigated with wastewater from the pumping water treatment station of CRDA Ariana.
Soils
Shoot length (cm)
Root length (cm)
Shoot dry mass (g)
Root dry mass (g)
Total dry mass (g)
Relative water content (%)
SPAD values
T. turgidum
Control soil
7.9 ± 0.3a
9.9 ± 0.7a
3.29 ± 0.3a
0.61 ± 0.02a
3.90 ± 0.4a
89.3 ± 7.4a
42.9 ± 5.4a
WWT soil
5.4 ± 0.4b
8.3 ± 0.5b
2.11 ± 0.1b
0.38 ± 0.01b
2.50 ± 0.2b
69.2 ± 8.6a
23.7 ± 2.4B
H. vulgare
Control soil
8.6 ± 0.25a
8.6 ± 0.3a
2.91 ± 0.2a
0.57 ± 0.03a
3.48 ± 0.3a
81.2 ± 11.2a
49.8 ± 7.4a
WWT soil
9.1 ± 0.3a
9.2 ± 0.7a
2.68 ± 0.1a
0.49 ± 0.04a
3.17 ± 0.2a
76.8 ± 9.40b
36.7 ± 3.4b
Means of three replicates. Bars marked with the same letter are not significantly different at .
