Lestari and Rosyidah compared lead accumulation and growth in two vegetable species grown in lead-amended soil and compost in Malang, Indonesia. Lead treatment reduced growth and the reported shoot-to-root translocation factors. The table supports a narrower interpretation than the paper’s broad phytoextraction conclusion: factors exceed one only in the controls.
Key numbers
The greenhouse experiment ran from April to July 2021. Table 3 (PDF p. 5) reports the following mean translocation factors. Its heading says ppm although the stated calculation is a ratio. C denotes Crassocephalum crepidioides and A denotes Amaranthus sp.; the source treatment labels are preserved.
| Treatment | Reported factor |
|---|---|
| C0 | 1.18 |
| C3 | 0.87 |
| C6 | 0.74 |
| A0 | 1.20 |
| A3 | 0.99 |
| A6 | 0.28 |
Tables 1–2 (PDF p. 3) provide all treatment-level height and leaf-area means at 6, 12, 18, 24 and 30 days after transplanting; the batch evidence register retains these 60 auxiliary growth observations separately from metal concentrations.
Methods (brief)
A randomized block greenhouse experiment used soil and compost mixed 1: 1, with lead added one week before transplanting. The text prints doses of 0.3 and 6 g per polybag, while treatment codes use C 3/A 3 and C 6/A 6. Lead in roots and shoots was measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The paper states three replicate blocks; the abstract says three sample plants per treatment and Methods says five. It describes means with standard errors and Duncan multiple-range testing, but does not supply exact numeric error bars for the figures.
Implications
This is experimental remediation and soil-to-plant pathway evidence. It does not characterize unamended market vegetables, quantify field-scale lead removal, or establish the suitability of harvested biomass for food. Increased root retention under treatment must remain distinct from successful removal of lead from soil.
Evidence Fitness: EF-3; experimental remediation evidence with source-internal inconsistencies. Tables support source-native growth and translocation observations, not ordinary product occurrence or a validated remediation recommendation.
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