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Table 2 Summary of the average dry mass (M d) for the different compartments and treatments

From: A dual isotopic approach using radioactive phosphorus and the isotopic composition of oxygen associated to phosphorus to understand plant reaction to a change in P nutrition

 

Dry mass (g per pot)

Roots

Stems

Old leaves

New leaves

Treatment

 Control

8.1a

6.5a

4.7ab

2.5a

 + P

16.7b

11.0b

4.8a

6.3b

 − P

14.3ab

13.3b

4.3b

8.7b

 Pooled SD

4.1

1.4

0.3

1.4

Source of variation (p value)

 Treatment

0.07

< 0.001

0.08

0.001

  1. Values are means with n = 3 for the control and n = 4 for the + P and − P. Letters behind values indicate significant differences between the different treatment within the same plant parts based on a Tukey’s HSD test with α = 0.05. Pooled standard deviation (pooled SD)
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Plant Methods

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