. 2016 Mar 16;11(3):e0150851. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150851

Table 1. DW, N and ¹⁵N content of the total maize biomass produced at the end of the labelling period, and the fractions used as sheep feed and as raw material for the vegetal-based organic fertiliser^*.

		DW	N	N	¹⁵N	¹⁵N
		(kg)	(% DW)	(g)	(% excess)	(g)
Labelled maize	Leafy stems	54.6	1.52±0.14	829.9±72.3	2.81±0.05	23.32±0.12
	Leafless stems	5.4	0.92±0.17	49.7±9.9	2.68±0.04	1.33±0.02
	Root system	5.1	0.65±0.01	33.2±5.6	3.29±0.07	1.11±0.04
	Whole plant	65.1	1.40±0.13	912.8±73.8	2.82±0.07	25.74±0.09
Sheep feed	Leafy stems ingested	38.9	1.86±0.11	723.5±21.2	3.75±0.14	27.13±0.26
	Surplus feed	4.9	1.86±0.11	91.1±18.6	3.75±0.14	3.42±0.15
Maize for fertilizer^†		26.2	1.29±0.11	341.1±63.2	3.09±0.15	10.54±0.04

* Each value is a mean of three samples ± standard error.

^† Maize fractions used as raw material for vegetal-based organic fertiliser production: leafy stems not ingested (leafy stems-leafy stems ingested)+ leafless stems +root system.

Table 1. DW, N and 15N content of the total maize biomass produced at the end of the labelling period, and the fractions used as sheep feed and as raw material for the vegetal-based organic fertiliser*.

Table 1. DW, N and ¹⁵N content of the total maize biomass produced at the end of the labelling period, and the fractions used as sheep feed and as raw material for the vegetal-based organic fertiliser^*.