Table 3.
Biomass accumulation (g/m2) of different plant tissues in different growth stages
| MT |
BS |
HS |
MS |
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| Stem | Leaf | Stem | Leaf | Stem | Leaf | Panicle | Stem | Leaf | Panicle | ||
| Variety | 9746 | 109.99a | 107.13a | 350.32a | 248.41a | 397.66b | 263.77a | 450.61a | 356.68b | 227.46b | 742.31a |
| Jinfeng | 103.29a | 103.38a | 324.07b | 248.23a | 498.95a | 254.24a | 344.63b | 439.42a | 253.93a | 839.41a | |
| Location | Jinshan | 102.50a | 98.67a | 356.07a | 257.58a | 456.60a | 260.74a | 428.24a | 392.26a | 243.43a | 847.91a |
| Qingpu | 109.79a | 110.70a | 319.08b | 240.28a | 447.87a | 256.74a | 364.01b | 408.58a | 240.09a | 739.22b | |
| Year | 2005 | 72.11b | 82.96b | 251.07b | 211.30b | 428.44a | 229.47b | 391.57a | 389.60b | 223.64b | 758.37b |
| 2006 | 140.62a | 127.23a | 421.13a | 285.32a | 476.61a | 287.75a | 394.83a | 413.40a | 259.96a | 831.44a | |
| Interaction | Var.×loc. | NS | NS | S | S | NS | NS | S | NS | NS | NS |
| Var.×year | S | S | NS | S | NS | S | NS | NS | NS | NS | |
Means followed by different letters in the same column are significantly different at the P<0.05 level according to Turkey test. MT: Mid-tillering stage; BS: Booting stage; HS: Heading stage; MS: Maturity stage; Var.: Variety; Loc.: Location; NS: Nonsignificant; S: Significant