IPI International Potash Institute
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Table 3. K harvest index, K internal efficiency , reciprocal IE, apparent K balance and apparent K recovery efficiency in 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 growing seasons.

     
  Table 3. K harvest index (KHI), K internal efficiency (IEK), reciprocal IE (RIEK, kg K in above-ground plant DM per 1,000 kg rapeseed), apparent K balance (the rate of K supply - K uptake in above-ground plant DM) and apparent K recovery efficiency (REK) in 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 growing seasons.  
  Treatment   KHI IEK RIEK K balance REK  
      kg kg-1 kg kg-1 kg 1,000 kg-1 kg K ha-1 %  
  CK Range 0.07-0.51 9.1-70.0 14.3-110.2 -270.5 - -29.3  
    Aver.±Std. 0.17±0.07 a 21.9±10.4 a 45.7 -117.6±51.0 b  
  +K Range 0.06-0.24 9.8-33.1 30.2-102.2 -181.4-54.9 0-100.0  
    Aver.±Std. 0.14±0.04 b 17.7±5.5 b 56.5 -56.8±53.5 a 39.3±27.1