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Table 2.

Characterization of nitrogen accumulation in the shoot of the five pea genotypes studied

	N accumulated in the shoot (g m⁻²)			N accumulated in the shoot in the early stages of growth		N accumulated in the shoot before the BSF stage (g m⁻²)			N accumulated in the shoot after the BSF stage (g m⁻²)
	Whole cycle	Before the BSF stage	After the BSF stage	Seed N (g m⁻²)	%N from seed at the 4th leaf stage	%Ndfa	From N₂	From NO₃⁻	%Ndfa	From N₂	From NO₃⁻
‘Athos’	31·9^a	19·0^a	12·9^a	0·84^a	100^a	87^ab	16·5^a	2·5^ab	70^b	9·0^a	3·8^a
‘Austin’	27·0^ab	17·4^ab	9·6^ab	0·72^b	84^b	87^ab	15·1^ab	2·3^ab	75^b	7·3^ab	2·3^b
‘Frisson’	23·1^b	16·5^ab	6·6^b	0·42^c	82^b	89^a	14·6^ab	1·9^b	96^a	6·4^ab	0·3^c
P118	23·7^b	18·5^ab	5·1^b	0·37^d	79^bc	88^a	16·3^a	2·2^ab	66^b	3·4^a	1·7^b
P121	23·6^b	16·1^b	7·5^ab	0·40^c	59^c	81^b	13·1^b	3·0^a	62^b	4·7^b	2·9^ab

Results of LSD range test are shown. Means followed by similar superscript letters are not significantly different at the 5 % probability level.