Table 4.
Leaf number on a ‘parent’ shoot when the first ‘daughter’ tiller emerged in L. perenne, A. stolonifera and P. pratensis (coleoptile leaves and prophylls included)
| Phytomer number on the ‘parent’ shoot at first ‘daughter’ tiller emergence |
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L. perenne |
A. stolonifera |
P. pratensis |
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| Leaf number on MS at growth of: | ||||||
| 1st T I | 5·7 ± 0·2a | 5·3 ± 0·1a | 5·8 ± 0·2a | |||
| R1 | – | – | 6·3 ± 0·3b | |||
| R2 | – | – | 6·7 ± 0·3bc | |||
| R3 | – | – | 7·4 ± 0·3c | |||
| R4 | – | – | 8·2 ± 0·2d | |||
| R5 | – | – | 9·3 ± 0·2e | |||
| Leaf number on T I at growth of: | ||||||
| 1st T II on T1 | 4·7 ± 0·2b | 4·1 ± 0·2b | – | |||
| 1st T II on T2 | 4·3 ± 0·1b | 4·2 ± 0·1b | 4·0 ± 0f | |||
| 1st T II on T3 | 4·1 ± 0·1b | 4·6 ± 0·3ab | 4·0 ± 0f | |||
| 1st T II on T4 | 4·0 ± 0·2b | 4·5 ± 0·3ab | – | |||
| 1st T II on T5 | 4·3 ± 0·3b | – | – | |||
| Leaf number on T II at growth of 1st TIII | 4·5 ± 0·3b | 4·5 ± 0·8ab | – | |||
| P columns | <0·0001 | <0·0001 | <0·0001 | |||
MS, Seedling main stem; R, shoots from rhizome; T I, primary, T II, secondary and T III, tertiary tillers.
Data are means ± standard error of 12 plants grown in a greenhouse for 37 DAT.
P values are given according to Kruskal–Wallis. a, b and c indicate significant differences between medians in columns.