. 2021 Jun 23;12:680030. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.680030

Table 3.

Biomass parameters of tomato grown under different nutrient conditions.

Fertilizer	Organic waste-based	Low-mineral	High-mineral
Mean total biomass weight (g DW) n = 5	1,126 ± 147^a	1,251 ± 140^a	1,695 ± 154^b
Mean root weight (g DW) n = 5	40.8 ± 7.4^a	36.6 ± 4.6^a	46.7 ± 10.6^a
DMC of roots (%) n = 5	5.6 ± 0.9^a	4.2 ± 0.3^b	4.6 ± 0.8^ab
Partition coefficients n = 5 Leaves	30.9 ± 4.4^a	36.1 ± 2.3^b	32.1 ± 1.8^ab
Stems	16.3 ± 1.6^a	17 ± 1.0^a	17.2 ± 0.7^a
Roots	3.6 ± 0.3^a	2.9 ± 0.3^b	2.7 ± 0.5^b
Fruits	49.2 ± 5.7^a	43.9 ± 3.4^a	47.9 ± 2.6^a
Number of leaves at harvest (leaves·plant⁻¹) n = 10	28.9 ± 3.0^a	31.6 ± 2.8^a	36.3 ± 2.1^b
SLA (cm²·g⁻¹ DW) n = 5	335.4 ± 45.4^a	238.4 ± 16.8^b	309.3 ± 20.6^a
DMC of leaves (g·100 g⁻¹ DW) n = 10	9.1 ± 0.5^a	12.6 ± 0.5^b	10.6 ± 0.3^c
Plant length (cm) n = 10	381 ± 20^ab	360 ± 16^a	396 ± 42^b
Xylem sap exudation rate (mL·h⁻¹) n = 4	6.5 ± 3.2^a	13.0 ± 1.5^b	5.2 ± 1.2^a

Mean values ± sd are shown. Different letters indicate statistically significant differences between treatments at p = 0.05.