. 2017 Oct 27;8:1825. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01825

Table 2.

Correlations between NUtE and biomass characteristics at high-N and low-N application rates and analysis of variance results of biomass characteristics in the pot and field experiments (n = 50).

N level	Correlations with NUtE				ANOVA
	Field experiment		Pot experiment		Field experiment			Pot experiment
	High N	Low N	High N	Low N	G	N	G × N	G	N	G × N
Grain yield (g plant⁻¹)	0.45^**	0.53^**	0.39^**	0.87^**	^***	^*	NS	^***	^*	NS
Silique husk biomass (g plant⁻¹)	0.03^NS	−0.21^NS	−0.28^*	0.01^NS	^***	NS	NS	^***	^***	NS
Stem and leaf biomass (g plant⁻¹)	−0.09^NS	−0.08^NS	−0.47^**	−0.03^NS	^***	^*	NS	^***	^***	^**
Shoot biomass (g plant⁻¹)	0.13^NS	0.12^NS	−0.28^*	0.32^*	^***	^*	NS	^***	^***	^*
Root biomass (g plant⁻¹)			−0.33^*	0.21^NS				^***	^***	NS
Whole plant biomass (g plant⁻¹)			−0.31^*	0.31^*				^***	^***	^*
Grain biomass/Shoot biomass	0.79^**	0.83^**	0.90^**	0.78^**	^***	^*	NS	^***	^***	^***
Silique husk biomass/Shoot biomass	−0.23	−0.67^**	0.01	−0.44^**	^***	NS	NS	^***	NS	NS
Stem and leaf biomass/Shoot biomass	−0.45^**	−0.37^**	−0.62^{^**}	−0.34^*	^***	NS	NS	^***	^***	^**
Root biomass/Whole plant biomass			−0.30^*	0.19^NS				^***	NS	NS

NS, not significant;

significant at p ≤ 0.05;

^**

significant at p ≤ 0.01;

^***

significant at p ≤ 0.001. G, genotype.