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Table 1 Phenotypic characterization of maize seedlings

From: Adaptation of maize source leaf metabolism to stress related disturbances in carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus balance

  

Low temperature

Low nitrogen

Low phosphorus

Growth feature

Unit

Control T

Cold

%

Control N

Low N

%

Control P

Low P

%

shoot FW

g FW

16.23

6.40

39.42

60.00

17.58

29.29

60.60

24.81

40.94

  

(±4.25)

(±0.79)

 

(±3.69)

(±2.18)

 

(±4.18)

(±2.48)

 

leaf elongation rate

cm d-1

6.51

3.87

59.38

7.17

4.35

60.70

6.03

4.18

69.38

  

(±0.65)

(±0.72)

 

(±0.58)

(±0.61)

 

(±0.29)

(±0.21)

 
  1. Stressed and control plants were always grown within the same experiment. Plants from the low temperature experiment were harvested 20 days after germination; in the nutrient deficiency experiment, plants were harvested 30 days after germination.
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BMC Genomics

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