Table 1.
General information on the rice varieties grown in the early (April to July), middle (May to October), and late (July to November) growing seasons in Wuxue County and Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in 2014.
Table 2.
The leaf width, thickness, and specific leaf weight (SLW) of the wide and narrow sides of leaf blade in the top three leaves at heading stage.
Fig 1.
Correlation between the wide and narrow sides of leaf blade in leaf width.
(A) The flag, (B) The -2nd, and (C) The -3rd leaves at heading stage. Each data point represents the mean of the three plants and four replications. Data (n = 40) were from the four field experiments conducted in three growing seasons in two locations in 2014.
Fig 2.
Correlation between the wide and narrow sides of leaf blade in leaf thickness.
(A) The flag, (B) The -2nd, and (C) The -3rd leaves at heading stage. Each data point represents the mean of the three plants and four replications. Data (n = 40) were from the four field experiments conducted in three growing seasons in two locations in 2014.
Fig 3.
Correlation between the wide and narrow sides of leaf blade in specific leaf weight (SLW).
(A) The flag, (B) The -2nd, and (C) The -3rd leaves at heading stage. Each data point represents the mean of the four replications. Data (n = 40) were from the four field experiments conducted in three growing seasons in two locations in 2014.
Fig 4.
Correlation between the wide and narrow sides in dry weight-based nitrogen concentration (Nw).
(A) The flag, (B) The -2nd, and (C) The -3rd leaves at heading stage. Each data point represents the mean of the four replications. Data (n = 40) were from the four field experiments conducted in three growing seasons in two locations in 2014.
Fig 5.
Correlation between the wide and narrow sides in leaf area-based nitrogen concentration (Na).
(A) The flag, (B) The -2nd, and (C) The -3rd leaves at heading stage. Each data point represents the mean of the four replications. Data (n = 40) were from the four field experiments conducted in three growing seasons in two locations in 2014.
Fig 6.
Correlation between the wide and narrow sides of leaf blade in chlorophyll meter reading (SPAD).
(A) The flag, (B) The -2nd, and (C) The -3rd leaves at heading stage. Each data point represents the mean of the three plants and four replications. Data (n = 40) were from the four field experiments conducted in three growing seasons in two locations in 2014.
Table 3.
Leaf nitrogen concentration based on dry weight (Nw) and leaf area (Na), and chlorophyll meter reading (SPAD) of the wide and narrow sides of leaf blade in the top three leaves at heading stage.