Research Article

Plant Growth and Nutritional Quality Attributes of Basella alba Applied with Variable Rates of Nitrogen Fertilizer at Different Planting Dates under Canadian Maritime Climatic Conditions

Table 7

Main effect of nitrogen (N) rate on plant moisture content and nitrate concentration.

N rateMoistureNitrate content

(kg ha1)(%)(mg kgāˆ’1 DW)
Control94.9187 b
Low94.8182 b
Medium95.0254 a
High95.0236 a

Means sharing the same alphabetical letters within the same column are not significantly different at the 5% level.