Table 2. Estimated times (T_max) and rates (I_max) of mean maximum instantaneous biomass production and uptake of N and P by wheat and faba bean plants. The values are derived from Eqn1.

		Wheat				Faba bean
	Parameter	NM-SW	NM-MW	Fm-SW	Fm-MW	NM-SF	NM-MF	Fm-SF	Fm-MF
Biomass	Tmax (d)	59	57	58	57	54	58	63	60
	Imax (g/d)	0.396	0.303	0.437	0.286	0.093	0.081	0.277	0.149
N	Tmax (d)	51	48	51	47	47	52	58	68
	Imax (mg/d)	6.57	5.24	7.91	5.32	2.44	1.46	6.27	3.07
P	Tmax (d)	57	51	59	51	30	46	54	52
	Imax (mg/d)	0.192	0.219	0.427	0.325	0.057	0.020	0.364	0.119

NM-SW, uninoculated sole wheat; NM-MW, uninoculated wheat mixed with faba bean; Fm-SW, inoculated sole wheat; Fm-MW, inoculated wheat mixed with faba bean. Similar symbols are also used for faba bean plants.