Supplement 1. The effects of individual mesos components on overall plant quality and mineral status in plant tissues in ‘Indian Summer’.

Treat Mesos component (× MS) Overall Macronutrients in shoots (%) Micronutrients in shoots (ppm) ment mean quality (Desig scores n CaCl2 MgSO4 KH2PO4 N P K Ca Mg Fe Mn Zn Cu Points ) MS (28 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.13d 0.09 0.90 0.13 0.04 49.0 45.0 29.6 4.7 and 4 29) Low bc 53.0 50.0 27.6 4.8 Ca 0.50 1.00 1.00 1.67 4 0.09 0.92 0.09 0.04 (22) Low cd 43.0 48.0 26.6 5.4 Mg 1.00 0.50 1.00 1.33 4 0.09 0.91 0.14 0.03 (23) Low P 1.00 1.00 0.50 1.00d 0.08 0.94 0.16 0.05 69.0 51.0 34.0 5.3 (24) 4 Doubl bcd 47.0 33.0 32.6 4.9 e Ca 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.42 3 0.08 1.10 0.28 0.05 (25) Doubl cd 79.0 60.0 41.0 7.1 e Mg 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.17 3 0.11 1.22 0.15 0.10 (26) Doubl b 37.0 37.0 26.7 4.6 e P 1.00 1.00 2.00 1.92 3 0.12 1.09 0.14 0.05 (27) High mesos formul 1.75 2.44 3.00 2.42a 0.18 1.34 0.25 0.12 47.0 55.0 31.0 5.35 a 1 3 (8 and 9) High mesos formul a 40.0 43.0 32.1 5.5 a 2 3.00 1.75 1.75 2.67 3 0.10 1.19 0.45 0.08 (11 and 14) Highes t all 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.67a 0.17 1.36 0.45 0.14 41.0 64.0 32.9 5.3 mesos 3 (13)

Mean scores with the same letter do not differ significantly at p-value < 0.05 from LSD (Least significant difference)