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. 2021 Jun 2;9:e11467. doi: 10.7717/peerj.11467

Table 2. Effects of different treatments on nitrogen translocation after anthesis from vegetative organs to grain.

Treatments Translation of nitrogen from vegetative organs to grain after anthesis Nitrogen accumulation after anthesis
Leaf Stem and sheath Spike axis and grain husk NAFA kg/ha CP %
NTA kg/ha TE % CP % NTA kg/ha TE % CP % NTA kg/ha TE % CP %
2016 N1 64.0c 77.6b 34.9a 59.5c 57.4b 32.4a 14.0b 47.8b 7.7b 45.9a 25.0a
N2 71.2b 80.7a 35.6a 66.1b 62.6a 33.0a 14.8a 49.3b 7.4b 48.0a 24.0a
N3 76.6a 84.1a 36.6a 71.1a 66.7a 34.0a 15.3a 56.3a 7.3b 46.2a 22.1b
N4 68.6b 83.3a 35.4a 67.0b 66.6a 34.6a 15.7a 56.9a 8.1a 42.4b 21.9b
N5 57.4d 81.9a 34.6a 59.3c 63.7a 35.7a 14.1b 56.6a 8.5a 35.1c 21.2b
2017 N1 62.7c 74.4b 37.7a 50.1c 52.6c 30.1a 9.8c 31.9c 5.9c 43.8b 26.3a
N2 72.2a 79.2a 38.6a 57.8b 58.8b 30.9a 10.1c 35.3c 5.4c 47.0a 25.1a
N3 74.8a 82.3a 38.2a 62.9a 66.0a 32.2a 11.0b 42.7b 5.6c 46.9a 24.0b
N4 68.0b 81.4a 37.9a 58.4b 65.4a 32.5a 12.0a 45.6a 6.7b 41.2c 22.9b
N5 58.8d 80.3a 37.2a 52.8c 63.9a 33.5a 11.9a 46.3a 7.5a 34.4d 21.8b

Notes.

NTA
nitrogen translocation amount
TE
translocation efficiency
CP
contribution proportion
NAFA
nitrogen accumulation amount after anthesis

*, ** significant at the 0.05 and 0.01 probability levels, respectively ns, no significant. Each data point represents the average of the measured data.