Table 3.
Mean leaf appearance rate on tillers (leaf d−1) in L. perenne, A. stolonifera and P. pratensis (prophylls excluded)
| Shoot location |
L. perenne |
A. stolonifera |
P. pratensis |
P rows |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 0·29 ± 0·01aA | 0·30 ± 0·02aA | 0·20 ± 0·02aB | 0·0042 | ||||
| Primary tiller emerged at: | ||||||||
| leaf 1 axil on MS (T1) | 0·29 ± 0·05aA | 0·29 ± 0·04aA | – | n.s. | ||||
| leaf 2 axil on MS (T2) | 0·26 ± 0·03aA | 0·30 ± 0·03aA | 0·16 ± 0·01aB | 0·0013 | ||||
| leaf 3 axil on MS (T3) | 0·24 ± 0·04aA | 0·33 ± 0·04abA | 0·16 ± 0·02aB | 0·0030 | ||||
| leaf 4 axil on MS (T4) | 0·27 ± 0·03aA | 0·35 ± 0·01aB | 0·14 ± 0·03aC | <0·0001 | ||||
| leaf 5 axil on MS (T5) | 0·33 ± 0·02aA | 0·40 ± 0·01bcB | 0·0043 | |||||
| Secondary tillers | 0·31 ± 0·04aA | 0·43 ± 0·03cB | – | 0·0253 | ||||
| R | – | – | 0·28 ± 0·02c | – | ||||
| P columns | n.s. | 0·0185 | 0·0020 | |||||
| P MS and R | – | – | 0·0405 | |||||
MS, Seedling main stem; R, shoots from rhizome.
Data are means ± standard error of 12 plants grown in a greenhouse during 37 DAT.
A, B, C indicate significant differences between medians in rows and a, b, c significant differences between medians in columns. P values are given according to Kruskal–Wallis test. n.s., Non-significant (P > 0·05).