Table 2 Radish characteristics, including fleshy root and leaf yield (fresh weight), total dry matter (DM), harvest index, N, P, and K accumulation in fleshy root, leaf, and total plant DM, concentrations of N [N], P [P], and K [K] in fleshy root and leaf, and nutrient harvest index (kg nutrient in fleshy root per kg nutrient in total plant DM).

From: Estimating nutrient uptake requirements for radish in China based on QUEFTS model

Parameter

Unit

Case (n)

Mean

SDa

Minimum

25%Qb

Median

75% Q

Maximun

Fleshy root yield

t ha−1

2288

63.5

26.4

4.6

44.2

63.0

83.0

119.8

Leaf yield

t ha−1

675

25.1

16.1

0.5

12.7

22.1

31.7

90.0

Total dry matter

t ha−1

515

5.4

2.2

0.4

3.7

5.4

7.0

10.5

harvest index

kg kg−1

515

0.64

0.10

0.34

0.57

0.64

0.69

0.91

N in fleshy root

kg ha−1

546

92.2

41.0

4.0

61.2

85.7

121.1

217.3

P in fleshy root

kg ha−1

541

19.9

9.7

1.1

13.7

18.3

24.8

68.3

K in fleshy root

kg ha−1

545

150.4

69.7

8.8

106.2

140.2

196.6

357.7

N in leaf

kg ha−1

524

63.9

34.2

4.9

34.7

59.9

84.6

185.0

P in leaf

kg ha−1

519

10.4

8.6

0.6

4.7

7.9

12.5

49.4

K in leaf

kg ha−1

523

65.4

50.5

3.8

24.4

54.7

84.8

232.3

[N] in fleshy root

g kg−1

546

28.0

7.0

7.5

24.0

28.5

32.7

47.1

[P] in fleshy root

g kg−1

541

6.2

2.5

1.7

4.3

6.1

7.7

18.2

[K] in fleshy root

g kg−1

545

46.7

18.1

10.7

35.3

45.4

56.2

102.1

[N] in leaf

g kg−1

534

32.7

6.3

9.4

29.0

32.4

36.3

54.4

[P] in leaf

g kg−1

529

5.1

2.6

0.5

3.5

4.3

5.9

18.1

[K] in leaf

g kg−1

533

31.7

14.1

5.2

21.5

32.0

42.0

78.2

N in total DM

kg ha−1

539

155.4

64.8

11.3

102.8

151.6

206.7

333.2

P in total DM

kg ha−1

529

30.9

13.9

1.7

20.6

29.7

38.9

78.5

K in total DM

kg ha−1

533

217.9

110.3

14.4

133.6

205.0

278.4

517.4

N harvest index

kg kg−1

536

0.60

0.12

0.13

0.52

0.61

0.68

0.91

P harvest index

kg kg−1

531

0.68

0.14

0.21

0.61

0.71

0.78

0.96

K harvest index

kg kg−1

535

0.72

0.12

0.23

0.63

0.73

0.82

0.94

  1. aSD, standard deviation.
  2. bQ, quartile.