Table 1.

Nitrogen and phosphorus accumulation (mg per plant) and content (%) in dry matter of white clover plants adapted to grow under different long‐term steady‐state P treatments controlled by the relative daily addition rate of P

Treatment
(g P g–1 P d–1)	Root N (mg)	Shoot N (mg)	Root P (mg)	Shoot P (mg)
0·03	9·99 (0·61)a	18·98 (0·58)a	0·75 (0·06)a	0·85 (0·04)a
0·06	12·90 (0·17)a	25·54 (1·62)ab	1·12 (0·08)b	1·49 (0·10)b
0·10	12·27 (1·44)a	31·27 (4·12)b	1·31 (0·10)b	3·07 (0·29)c
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
0·03	3·24 (0·11)a	2·59 (0·10)a	0·24 (0·00)a	0·12 (0·00)a
0·06	3·96 (0·06)b	3·30 (0·05)b	0·34 (0·02)b	0·19 (0·01)b
0·10	4·25 (0·12)b	3·60 (0·19)b	0·46 (0·02)c	0·36 (0·03)c

Values shown in parentheses are means of four observations ± s.e. Different superscripts within a column indicate differences on a 5 % level.