Table 3.

Percentage (± s.e.) of total root mass at 0–100, 100–200 and 400–500 mm depth at harvest 4 (237 d after sowing) for the six clover entries

	0–100 mm	100–200 mm	400–500 mm
T. uniflorum 4382	37·5a ± 3·81	26·4a ± 1·4	4·4ab ± 0·85
T. uniflorum 4383	33·4a ± 1·82	26·3a ± 1·27	4·8ab ± 0·36
Crusader BC1	38·6a ± 1·54	23·1ab ± 1·52	4·3a ± 0·41
Kopu II BC1	40·7a ± 2·14	21·9abc ± 1·15	4·4ab ± 0·3
‘Crusader’	40·3a ± 6·33	16·2c ± 2·37	3·0a ± 0·71
‘Kopu II’	39·7a ± 3·76	16·8bc ± 1·48	6·5b ± 0·75

Within sampling depths, means with the same letter were not significantly different at the 5 % level.