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. 2016 Jan 25;6:19807. doi: 10.1038/srep19807

Table 1. Effect of crowding on vegetative growth in Antirrhinum majus. Numbers on the first column correspond to 1 plant per pot 10 plants per pot and the difference.

  Internode 1 Internode 2 Internode 3 Total height Number of flowers Double decussate leaves Spiral leaves Total leaves Leaf area (cm2)
1 1.54 ± 0.2 2.35 ± 0.38 2.99 ± 0.38 479. ± 5 16.97 ± 3.3 7.20 ± 1.27 5.63 ± 3.66 12.83 ± 2.56 145.70 ± 25
10 1.35 ± 0.2 2.0 ± 0.2 2.72 ± 0.57 295 ± 5 8.13 ± 4.71 6.96 ± 1.49 8.30 ± 3.44 15.26 ± 2.42 105.18 ± 28
1 vs 10 −12.18** −14.62*** −8.89*** −38.33*** −52.08*** −3.38 47.41* 18.92** −27.81***

Values represent average ± standard deviation. Differences expressed as treament versus control 100%. We performed student T-tests. P values correspond to *P < 0.05. **P < 0.01. ***P < 0.001. Measurements correspond to 30 individuals per treatment.