Table 2 Effects of leaf removal on N accumulation (g plant⁻¹) and distribution (%) in remaining tissues at physiological maturity (R6) in 2012 and 2013 growing seasons. S₀ refers to control (no leaf removal); S₂, S₄ and S₆ refer to the removal of two, four or six leaves from top of a plant at three days after silking, respectively.

Years	Treatment	N accumulation in different plant organs at R6 (g plant⁻¹)							N distribution in different plant organs at R6 (%)
Years	Treatment	Ear leaf	Stem	Other leaves	Cob	Bract	Grain	Total	Ear leaf	Stem	Other leaves	Cob	Bract	Grain
2012	S₀	0.07	0.56	0.75	0.11	0.14	1.56	3.07	2.21	17.66	23.66	3.15	4.10	49.21
	S₂	0.10	0.51	0.84	0.12	0.15	1.80	3.52	2.84	14.49	23.86	3.41	4.26	51.14
	S₄	0.06	0.68	0.52	0.08	0.09	0.98	2.42	3.18	28.08	21.38	3.10	3.74	40.52
	S₆	0.07	0.76	0.40	0.05	0.06	0.83	2.18	3.21	34.86	18.35	2.29	3.21	38.07
	LSD 0.05	0.02	0.04	0.07	0.02	0.02	0.09	0.14	0.25	0.66	0.78	0.15	0.25	2.08
2013	S₀	0.07	0.56	0.73	0.10	0.13	1.51	3.10	2.39	18.05	23.44	3.16	4.13	48.74
	S₂	0.10	0.50	0.79	0.11	0.13	1.87	3.49	2.54	14.92	22.17	3.12	3.76	53.49
	S₄	0.08	0.65	0.55	0.08	0.10	0.94	2.40	3.33	25.08	22.92	3.33	4.17	39.17
	S₆	0.09	0.81	0.44	0.05	0.07	0.70	2.16	4.17	37.50	20.37	2.31	3.24	32.41
	LSD 0.05	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.11	0.19	0.11	0.56	0.31	0.13	0.17	2.69
ANOVA Year (Y) Leaf removal(L) Y × L		ns ns ns	ns *** ns	ns *** *	ns ** ns	ns ** *	ns *	* *** ns	* *	* **	ns *** *	ns * ns	*** ns	ns *
Blocks		ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns

Note: R6 means physiological maturity. Data represents means ± SE (n = 3). LSD 0.05, least significant difference at 0.05. ns, Not significance; *Significant at the 0.05 probability level; **Significant at the 0.01 probability level; ***Significant at the 0.001 probability level.

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