Table 1 The effects of light condition on net nitrate uptake by rice roots.

From: Positive feed-forward regulation of nitrate uptake by rice roots and its molecular mechanism

Light effect

Light to dark

Dark to light

P

Lag (h)

2.8 ± 0.5 (8)

0 (8)

< 0.001*

Time to new steady state (h)

5.0 ± 0.5 (8)

4.4 ± 0.4 (8)

0.023*

Change in net nitrate uptake (%)

55.1 ± 13.7 (8)

60.1 ± 34.9 (8)

0.714

  1. *Statistically significant at P ≤ 0.05.