Table 1.
Height, specific leaf area (SLA), leaf mass fraction (LMF), stem mass fraction (SMF) and root mass fraction (RMF) of the entire plant at the beginning (4th week) and at the end (20th week) of the experiment (means±s.e.m.)
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Onobrychis |
Lotus |
Cichorium |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visnovsky | Commercial seed | Lotar | Oberhaunst. | Lacerta | Puna | |
| Height (cm) | ||||||
| 4th week | 10·5±1·0 | 12·2±1·2 | 11·2±1·0 | 8·3±1·3 | 11·9±1·3 | 11·8±1·0 |
| 20th week | 40·4±3·4 | 44·0±1·5 | 51·73±3·4 | 61·8±3·1 | 63·2±7·8 | 47·2±5·1 |
| SLA (m2 kg−1) | ||||||
| 4th week | 13·1± 1·2 | 13·1±0·7 | 20·9±1·4 | 22·4±0·6 | 26·4±1·6 | 27·3±0·6 |
| 20th week | 12·1±0·8 | 10·5±0·6 | 22·0±1·0 | 20·8±4·5 | 10·2±3·5 | 16·0±1·1 |
| LMF (g g−1) | ||||||
| 4th week | 84·9±2·4 | 85·4±2·9 | 63·1±0·7 | 64·5±0·8 | 84·8±1·0 | 86·1±0·2 |
| 20th week | 28·5±5·4 | 31·7±4·0 | 16·0±1·3 | 20·8±1·4 | 43·2±8·3 | 35·0±3·3 |
| SMF (g g−1) | ||||||
| 4th week | 4·4±2·3 | 5·2±2·6 | 30·29±0·7 | 28·3±0·8 | 0·5±0·5 | 0·7±0·4 |
| 20th week | 44·9±2·5 | 38·5±2·0 | 52·79±3·6 | 55·5±2·9 | 12·8±10·4 | 3·3±0·5 |
| RMF (g g−1) | ||||||
| 4th week | 10·8±0·1 | 9·4±0·6 | 6·6±0·1 | 7·2±0·2 | 14·7±1·1 | 13·2±0·5 |
| 20th week | 26·5±3·1 | 29·7±2·3 | 31·21±2·4 | 23·8±1·6 | 44·0±7·0 | 61·7±3·1 |