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. 2012 Mar 30;7(3):e33741. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033741

Table 3. Isotopic and elemental compositions of plant samples (mean±1σ).

Treatment Tissue Sampling Date δ15N (‰, AIR) δ13C (‰, VPDB) %N %C
C0 Leaf 30 d −0.3±3.6 5.1±0.7
Leaf 75 d 5.5±1.4 2.7±0.6
Leaf 115 d 3.9±1.0 −15.7±0.8 1.1±0.3 39.5±2.3
Grain 115 d 2.7±0.7 −12.9±0.1 2.4±0.3 42.5±1.4
Anther 75 d 5.7±0.4 −14.0±0.4 2.4±0.4 47.0±2.3
Root 115 d 3.6±0.9 −15.0±0.5 0.8±0.2 44.7±1.1
Stalk 115 d 3.2±1.4 −15.2±0.2 1.0±0.5 47.0±1.8
G1 Leaf 30 d −5.0±10.0 4.9±0.9
Leaf 75 d 32.4±2.2 4.1±0.3
Leaf 115 d 26.8±2.0 −15.1±0.5 2.6±0.7 40.6±4.7
Grain 115 d 25.5±1.6 −14.1±0.8 2.5±0.2 45.8±2.8
Anther 75 d 34.2±3.4 −13.5±0.4 3.2±0.1 48.4±2.1
Root 115 d 33.1±4.1 −15.2±0.3 1.4±0.7 44.2±4.2
Stalk 115 d 38.4±1.9 −15.4±0.5 2.9±0.8 36.4±2.6
G2 Leaf 30 d 6.0±4.3 5.7±0.4
Leaf 75 d 38.2±0.9 4.8±0.2
Leaf 115 d 33.3±2.7 −15.4±1.0 3.2±0.6 42.6±3.9
Grain 115 d 33.1±2.8 −13.3±0.3 2.6±0.2 44.6±1.7
Anther 75 d 41.8±2.6 −13.5±0.4 3.3±0.5 45.2±4.4
Root 115 d 40.1±2.6 −14.5±0.6 2.1±0.7 41.4±1.8
Stalk 115 d 44.7±0.8 −14.7±0.6 3.4±0.2 29.7±0.8