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Table 2.

Effect of 0·05 mm B (control) and B toxicity (0·5 and 2 mm) on total and free B concentration in leaves of two tomato cultivars (‘Kosaco’ and ‘Josefina’)

	Total B (µg g⁻¹ DW)		Free B (µg g⁻¹ FW)
	‘Kosaco’	‘Josefina’	‘Kosaco’	‘Josefina’
0·05 mm	87·71 ± 3·57^b†	94·92 ± 5·63^c	10·03 ± 0·81^b	13·02 ± 3·63^b
0·50 mm	209·18 ± 43·37^b	367·18 ± 3·61^b	15·14 ± 1·38^b	22·45 ± 0·29^b
2·00 mm	627·63 ± 43·61^a	1055·58 ± 18·25^a	64·55 ± 4·70^a	103·85 ± 9·83^a
P	***^§	***	***	***
‘Kosaco’	308·17^b‡		29·91^b
‘Josefina’	505·90^a		46·44^a
P	**		*
LSD_0·05	108·54		12·04

^† 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.