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. 2014 Dec 18;5:726. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00726

Table 1.

Plant growth of “Fe-efficient” (EF, PI 360952) and “Fe-inefficient” (INF, PI 407707) Glycine max (G. max) accessions measured 14 days after transfer to hydroponic conditions grown at 60% and 90% relative humidity (RH) under Fe-sufficient (SUF) and Fe-deficient (DEF) conditions (Fe supply).

G. max accession RH (%) Fe supply Plant height (cm) Root length (cm) Plant DW (g) Root:shoot ratio (g.g−1) Leaf area (cm2)
EF 60 SUF 10.7 ± 0.6ab 39.5 ± 1.4a 0.87 ± 0.07a 0.32 ± 0.01a 151.3 ± 13.3a
DEF 8.7 ± 0.4a 25.3 ± 0.2b 0.43 ± 0.03b 0.36 ± 0.02ab 75.0 ± 19.6b
90 SUF 12.4 ± 0.4b 37.6 ± 1.8a 0.89 ± 0.04a 0.37 ± 0.01b 147.9 ± 2.9a
DEF 11.6 ± 0.6b 37.5 ± 2.2a 0.74 ± 0.06a 0.41 ± 0.02b 123.5 ± 5.0c
INF 60 SUF 10.8 ± 0.5ac 45.4 ± 0.3a 0.86 ± 0.26a 0.34 ± 0.01ab 202.3 ± 13.9a
DEF 8.5 ± 0.8b 47.7 ± 3.7ab 0.36 ± 0.03b 0.20 ± 0.05a 42.9 ± 14.1b
90 SUF 12.1 ± 0.5a 54.2 ± 6.5ab 1.19 ± 0.03a 0.32 ± 0.03ab 1409.0 ± 183.5c
DEF 10.0 ± 0.6bc 54.1 ± 1.3b 0.51 ± 0.06b 0.33 ± 0.02b 72.2 ± 17.8b

Data are Means ± SEM. Different letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) between treatments. Statistical analysis was performed independently for each accession.