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. 2007 Jul 31;100(3):589–598. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcm147

Table 2.

Nitrogen accumulation and remobilization for the five pea genotypes studied

Genotype Shoot N accumulation from fixation (%)
Shoot N accumulation from fixation (g m−2)
Shoot N accumulation from absorption (g m−2)
N remobilization in seeds during seed filling from vegetative aerial parts (g m−2)*
At beginning of seed filling At maturity At beginning of seed filling At maturity At beginning of seed filling At maturity
‘Athos’ 86·9ab 80·3b 16·5a 25·6a 2·5ab 6·3a 13·7a
‘Austin’ 86·5ab 82·6b 15·1ab 22·4ab 2·3ab 4·6b 12·3ab
‘Frisson’ 88·6a 91·3a 14·6ab 21·1ab 1·9b 2·0c 12·6ab
P118 88·2a 83·3b 16·3a 19·8b 2·2ab 3·9b 13·7a
P121 81·3b 75·0c 13·1b 17·7b 3·0a 5·9a 10·0b

Results of LSD-range test are shown where means followed by different letters are significantly different at the 5 % probability level.

* N remobilized in seeds = N accumulated in vegetative aerial parts at beginning of seed filling minus N accumulated in vegetative aerial parts at maturity.