. 2007 Jul 28;100(4):747–756. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcm156

Table 1.

Effect of 0·05 mm B (control) and B toxicity (0·5 and 2 mm) on leaf dry weight and relative leaf growth rate (RGR_L) of two tomato cultivars (‘Kosaco’ and ‘Josefina’)

	Dry weight (g)		RGR_L (g g⁻¹ DW d⁻¹)
	‘Kosaco’	‘Josefina’	‘Kosaco’	‘Josefina’
0·05 mm	1·85 ± 0·06^a†	2·16 ± 0·06^a	0·108 ± 0·002^a	0·108 ± 0·002^a
0·50 mm	1·84 ± 0·05^a	1·84 ± 0·06^b	0·108 ± 0·003^a	0·097 ± 0·002^b
2·00 mm	1·46 ± 0·05^b	1·62 ± 0·05^c	0·092 ± 0·001^b	0·088 ± 0·001^c
P	**^§	**	**	***
‘Kosaco’	1·72^b‡		0·103^a
‘Josefina’	1·87^a		0·098^b
P	*		*
LSD_0·05	0·11		0·004

^† Values are means ± s.e. (n = 9) and differences between means were compared using Duncan's test (P = 0·05).

^‡ Values are means (n = 27) and differences between means were compared using LSD test (P = 0·05).

^§ Levels of significance are represented by *P < 0·05, **P < 0·01, ***P < 0·001.