Table 1 N and P harvest index (HI) (kg kg⁻¹), internal efficiency (IE) (kg kg⁻¹), reciprocal internal efficiency (RIE) (kg t⁻¹), agronomic use efficiency (AE) (kg kg⁻¹), physiological efficiency (PE) (kg kg⁻¹), partial factor productivity (PFP) (kg kg⁻¹), and recovery efficiency (RE) (%) of sweet corn under different fertilization

IE_N

9.33^a,1

8.15^c

7.16^e

7.58^d

8.55^b

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RIE_N

107.14^e

122.63^c

139.65^a

131.88^b

116.94^d

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HI_N

0.30^a

0.25^c

0.26^c

0.24^d

0.28^b

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PFP_N

33.12^a

25.44^b

21.09^c

18.78^d

26.21^b

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AE_N

17.47^a

6.02^c

3.76^d

6.80^c

15.06^b

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PE_N

10.52^ab

12.45^a

3.83^d

6.47^c

8.73b^c

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RE_N

167^a

79^c

87^c

104^b

173^a

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IE_P

79.17^a

78.27^a

60.90^c

67.51^b

68.98^b

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RIE_P

12.63^c

12.78^c

16.42^a

14.81^b

14.50^b

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HI_P

0.34^d

0.35^c

0.36^b

0.34^d

0.37^a

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PFP_P

106.19^a

62.92^c

59.74^c

50.92^d

77.47^b

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AE_P

56.02^a

14.89 ^cd

10.66^d

18.43^c

44.51^b

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PE_P

88.48^a

190.13^a

32.24^a

61.35^a

67.36^a

ns

RE_P

64^a

13^c

29^b

30^b

66^a

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