Table 1.

The developmental stage of the apex and measured lengths of internodes, total height, height of the highest ligule and apex height, i.e. true stem length, in elongating vegetative tillers used for anatomical studies in spring growth (SG) and regrowth (RG) in 2007.

	Internode length (mm)		Total height (mm)		Ligule height (mm)		Apex height (mm)
Apex	SG	RG	SG	RG	SG	RG	SG	RG
A1	101	22	652	237	479	104	426	48
A2	106	53	573	528	381	222	367	165
A3	90	65	570	584	402	337	347	270
A4	92	25	562	545	375	328	320	95
A5	69	–	416	–	190	–	95	–
A10	68	73	454	572	226	319	122	223
A12	28	68	756	493	437	296	93	209
A14	120	–	710	–	513	–	477	–
n total	111	62	111	62	111	62	109	62
P-value	–	–	<0·0001***	0·015*	<0·0001***	0·030*	<0·0001***	0·026*

* P < 0·05; *** P < 0·001.

–, no observations.