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Table 1 Effects of soil water and phosphorus contents on the growth and phosphorus uptake of cotton plants

From: Simultaneously maximizing root/mycorrhizal growth and phosphorus uptake by cotton plants by optimizing water and phosphorus management

Treatment

Dry matter weight (g plant− 1)

P uptake (mg plant− 1)

Root

Stem

Leaf

Shoot

Total

Root

Stem

Leaf

Shoot

Total

P0

 W1

1.7bc

2.5bc

4.5c

7.0a

8.7b

5.6ab

7.8ab

15.7b

23.4bc

29.0b

 W2

2.3a

1.6c

4.0c

5.6b

7.9b

8.0a

5.6b

14.8b

20.3c

28.3b

P0.2

 W1

1.3c

2.6ab

9.1a

11.7a

13.0a

4.2b

8.8ab

32.4a

41.1a

45.4a

 W2

1.6bc

3.5a

6.3b

9.8a

11.4a

5.2b

10.9a

22.1ab

33.0ab

38.3ab

P1

 W1

1.3c

2.7ab

7.2b

10.0a

11.3a

5.7ab

9.9a

31.6a

41.6a

47.3a

 W2

2.0ab

2.3bc

4.5c

6.8b

8.8b

8.1a

9.8a

21.7ab

31.5abc

39.7ab

  1. Differences among six treatments were analyzed by 2 (Water) × 3 (P) ANOVA. Different letters within the same column indicate significant differences at the 0.05 level. “Shoot” indicates the cotton dry matter weight or P uptake of the stem plus leaf, and “Total” indicates the root plus shoot