Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

Table 1 Metal composition of biomass samples

From: Sorghum mutant RGdisplays antithetic leaf shoot lignin accumulation resulting in improved stem saccharification properties

Biomas
	As	Al	B	Ca	Cu	Fe	Mg	Mn	Na⁵	Zn	K	Sum
WTL¹	2	77	8	8482	13	142	1423	103	53	25	22622	32950
WTS²	2	100	4	1099	3	189	952	27	44	10	12007	14437
RGL³	2	52	28	12459	8	129	3347	170	195	47	13269	29706
RGS⁴	3	51	6	2668	6	138	1036	213	61	20	22813	27015

Biomass employed: ¹ indicates wild type leaves, ² wild type stems, ³RG leaves and ⁴RG stems. ⁵ C4 essential nutrient.
Values are reported in ppm.

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