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Table 1 Outline of experimental agronomy and sampling events for four experiments in 2016 and 2017

From: Testing deep placement of an 15N tracer as a method for in situ deep root phenotyping of wheat, barley and ryegrass

Year

Exp

Unit

Species

Sowing day

15N application

Sampling

(BBCH scale)

Date

Volume of solution (L)

Amount of 15N (mg m−1)

2016

1

1

Winter wheat

(00)

1 October 2015

(58)

2 June 2016

50.0

9.6

(89)

20 July 2016

2

3

Spring barley

(00)

12 April 2016

(55)

10 June 2016

50.0

9.6

(89)

1 August 2016

2017

3

1

Spring barley

(00)

2 April 2017

(58)

16 June 2017

30.3

5.4

(69)

23 June 2017

2

36.3

6.1

(89)

28 July 2017

4

3

Ryegrass

(00)

27 September 2016

(39)

20 June 2017

43.5

6.7

(39)

15 July 2017

  1. BBCH scale is shown in the parentheses. Exp. is an abbreviation for experiment