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Table 1 Phosphorus contents in the root and shoot of Q319 in nutrient solutions

From: Phosphate starvation of maize inhibits lateral root formation and alters gene expression in the lateral root primordium zone

Time (day)

P content in Root (mg P/plant)

P content in Shoot (mg P/plant)

P content in Root/P content in Shoot

 

SP

LP

SP

LP

SP

LP

1

15.74 ± 1.57

16.98 ± 1.70

30.38 ± 3.15

31.59 ± 2.61

0.52 ± 0.01

0.53 ± 0.02

3

19.01 ± 1.78

17.03 ± 2.04

41.22 ± 3.02

33.87 ± 2.65*

0.46 ± 0.02

0.50 ± 0.02

6

28.10 ± 2.78

17.76 ± 1.77*

69.56 ± 5.88

38.77 ± 3.62*

0.40 ± 0.01

0.46 ± 0.02*

8

30.39 ± 2.84

17.47 ± 1.93*

95.63 ± 7.27

37.63 ± 4.49*

0.32 ± 0.01

0.45 ± 0.03*

10

28.45 ± 3.04

14.53 ± 1.45*

103.9 ± 7.91

33.95 ± 3.96*

0.27 ± 0.03

0.43 ± 0.02*

  1. Values are the means ± sd. The asterisks indicate significant differences between seedlings in SP and LP solutions at the *0.05 level using the t-test (n = 8).