Table 1 Effects of fertilization on burley tobacco height, biomass, flowering time and number of harvestable leaves.

From: Constitutive activation of nitrate reductase in tobacco alters flowering time and plant biomass

Fertilization

Young plants (07/27/15)

Mature plants (10/07/15)

N

Height (cm)*

Above-soil biomass (g)

N

Average flowering date

Height (cm)**

Above-soil biomass (g)

Harvestable leaf #

19 mM NO3

24

9.8 ± 1.1A

180 ± 18.3A

24

Aug 26 ± 4.4 daysA

89 ± 10.6A

814 ± 71.7A

21.8 ± 2.9A

8 mM NO3

24

8.3 ± 0.9B

121 ± 8.8B

22

Sept 5 ± 5.9 daysB

86 ± 10.1A

617 ± 53.6B

23.5 ± 2.6B

  1. Means ± standard deviations with the same letter are not significantly different at α = 0.05 according to REGWQ grouping.
  2. *Height measured at apical meristem.
  3. **Height measured at site of topping.
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