Table 6.

Nutrient accumulation of the different plant parts for 9746 and Jinfeng under different conditions

		N, P, K accumulations (g/m2)
		MT		BS		HS			MS
		Stem	Leaf	Stem	Leaf	Stem	Leaf	Panicle	Stem	Leaf	Panicle
Variety	9746	2.19a, 0.48a, 2.15a	4.14a, 0.38a, 1.43a	4.27a, 1.86a, 5.58a	6.66a, 0.90a, 3.41a	4.45a, 1.95b, 9.75b	6.08a, 0.98a, 3.42a	6.49a, 1.48a, 2.21a	2.58a, 0.70a, 6.56b	2.54a, 0.31b, 1.63b	6.58b, 2.25a, 1.78b
	Jinfeng	1.80b, 0.43b, 2.26a	3.81a, 0.35a, 1.50a	3.75a, 1.80a, 6.02a	6.11b, 0.84b, 3.40a	4.54a, 2.21a, 10.47a	6.07a, 0.95a, 3.43a	4.65b, 0.98b, 1.90b	2.69a, 0.64b, 7.18a	2.25b, 0.35a, 2.21a	8.02a, 2.44a, 1.98a
Location	Jinshan	1.92b, 0.43b, 2.21a	3.79a, 0.34a, 1.39a	4.29a, 1.81a, 6.05a	6.53a, 0.81b, 3.78a	4.38a, 2.05a, 10.50a	6.02a, 0.93a, 3.63a	6.17a, 1.30a, 2.12a	2.47b, 0.73a, 6.51b	2.24b, 0.31b, 1.86a	6.97b, 2.57a, 1.97a
	Qingpu	2.03a, 0.48a, 2.21a	4.11a, 0.38a, 1.53a	3.74a, 1.85a, 5.61a	6.22a, 0.91a, 3.03b	4.59a, 2.13a, 9.81a	6.12a, 1.00a, 3.25a	4.93b, 1.14b, 1.98b	2.79a, 0.61b, 7.23a	2.51a, 0.35a, 2.01a	7.68a, 2.16b, 1.81b
Year	2005	1.49b, 0.35b, 1.54b	3.23b, 0.36a, 1.09b	3.42b, 1.21b, 5.11b	6.53a, 0.83b, 3.43a	4.27a, 1.64b, 10.43a	5.57a, 0.59b, 3.73a	5.13b, 0.98b, 2.41a	2.53a, 0.67a, 6.91a	2.21b, 0.30b, 1.96a	7.13b, 2.47a, 2.46a
	2006	2.46a, 0.56a, 2.88a	4.69a, 0.36a, 1.84a	4.57a, 2.45a, 6.52a	6.19b, 0.91a, 3.39a	4.72a, 2.55a, 9.84a	6.57a, 1.34a, 3.11b	5.86a, 1.44a, 1.68b	2.75a, 0.67a, 6.89a	2.55a, 0.37a, 1.92a	7.59a, 2.23a, 1.31b
Interaction	Var.×loc.	S, S, S	NS, S, NS	S, S, S	S, S, S	NS, S, NS	S, NS, S	S, S, S	S, NS, S	S, S, S	S, NS, NS
	Var.×year	S, S, S	S, S, S	S, S, S	NS, S, NS	S, NS, S	S, S, S	NS, NS, NS	S, NS, S	NS, NS, NS	NS, NS, S

Means of the same nutrient followed by different letters in the same column are significantly different at the P<0.05 level according to Turkey test. MT: Mid-tillering stage; BS: Booting stage; HS: Heading stage; MS: Maturity stage; Var.: Variety; Loc.: Location; NS: Nonsignificant; S: Significant