Table 2.

Total nitrogen content of 0.1 g oven-dried samples from one-yr.-old containerized tree seedlings fumigated with 0.1 ppm SO2, 0.1 ppm NO2 or a combination of 0.1 ppm SO2 + 0.1 ppm NO2 7 hr daily for 8 weeks.1

Nitrogen content (%)2
Fumigation treatmentBlack locustBlack cherrySiberian elmYellow-popla
SO23.537a2.504a2.882ab2.097b
NO23.831b2.660a2.771a1.691a
SO2 + NO23.520a3.323b2.951b1.695a
Control3.917b2.582a2.852ab1.774a
  • 1,2 See footnotes for Table 1.