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Table 5.

Effects of silicon on stomatal conductance (g _s) in leaves of maize.

Growth stages	Stomatal conductance (g _s) (mol·m⁻²·s⁻¹)
Growth stages	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5
Big trumpet stage	0.43 ± 0.03^c	0.49 ± 0.02^b	0.50 ± 0.06^b	0.59 ± 0.02^a	0.61 ± 0.03^a
Silking stage	0.72 ± 0.05^c	0.77 ± 0.03^b	0.79 ± 0.02^b	0.88 ± 0.03^a	0.89 ± 0.01^a
Grain filling stage	0.55 ± 0.02^c	0.63 ± 0.02^b	0.66 ± 0.05^b	0.70 ± 0.04^a	0.72 ± 0.02^a
Milk stage	0.22 ± 0.03^c	0.31 ± 0.01^b	0.33 ± 0.03^ab	0.35 ± 0.01^a	0.36 ± 0.03^a

Means (±SD) labeled with different letters within each column are significantly different (P < 0.05) by Duncan's test; n = 10.