Table 3.

Matrix of correlation coefficients between N accumulation parameters at the beginning and during seed filling

	At the beginning of seed filling			During seed filling
	Shoot N accumulation (1)	Shoot N accumulation from fixation (2)	Shoot N accumulation from absorption (3)	Shoot N accumulation (4)	Shoot N accumulation from fixation (5)	Shoot N accumulation from absorption (6)	N remobilization in seeds (7)
(1)
(2)	0·96*
(3)	–0·20 ns	–0·46 ns
(4)	0·41 ns	0·30 ns	0·25 ns
(5)	0·29 ns	0·29 ns	–0·12 ns	0·90*
(6)	0·43 ns	0·17 ns	0·75 ns	0·73 ns	0·36 ns
(7)	0·85*	0·96*	–0·67 ns	0·18 ns	0·29 ns	–0·07 ns

ns, non-significant; *, significant at the 0·05 level.