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Table 2.

Influence of light quality on leaf area, specific leaf area (SLA), shoot fresh mass (shoot FM) and shoot dry mass (shoot DM) 21 d after planting, and canopy leaf temperature

	Treatment^*
Parameter	RB	RGB	GF	CWF
Leaf area (cm²)	84·5^c^†	143·9^a	57·8^d	112·2^b
SLA (m² kg⁻¹)	47·7^b	47·2^b	70·9^a	54·5^b
Shoot FM (g)	2·40^c	5·03^a	1·56^c	3·46^b
Shoot DM (g)	0·18^b	0·34^a	0·09^c	0·21^b
Canopy leaf temp. (°C)	20·5^a	20·4^a	20·7^a	20·3^a

See Fig. 1 and Table 1 for spectral characteristics.

^†

Mean comparison within a row by Duncan's multiple range test, P = 0·05. Means with same letter are not significantly different.