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. 2017 Oct 8;7(22):9405–9414. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3479

Table 2.

Internode characteristics (mean ± SD) and success rate (SR) of four herbaceous stem‐twiners grown on 21‐mm‐diameter, erect support poles in full sunlight under various temperature conditions

Species Temperature (°C) SR (%) Internode parameters
N Curvature (cm−1) Diameter (mm) Length (cm)
Ipomoea triloba 27.3 82.6 282 0.23 ± 0.06a 1.32 ± 0.22a 9.05 ± 1.28a
25.1 90.1 242 0.22 ± 0.06a 1.21 ± 0.22b 9.56 ± 1.26b
19.2 95.2 206 0.32 ± 0.06b 0.93 ± 0.14c 11.53 ± 1.49c
Ipomoea nil 28.4 100 53 0.20 ± 0.03a 1.50 ± 0.15a 14.74 ± 1.68a
25.0 100 124 0.20 ± 0.03a 1.52 ± 0.15a 16.01 ± 2.04b
19.5 100 70 0.24 ± 0.05b 1.49 ± 0.14a 15.92 ± 2.71ab
Phaseolus vulgaris 28.0 100 40 0.24 ± 0.07a 1.65 ± 0.32a 17.80 ± 4.35a
22.9 92.3 57 0.29 ± 0.06b 1.36 ± 0.12b 22.86 ± 4.30b
Mikania micrantha 26.7 93.8 99 0.14 ± 0.07a 2.44 ± 0.45a 10.68 ± 1.83a
19.3 80.0 73 0.17 ± 0.06b 2.06 ± 0.21b 9.58 ± 2.36b

N, number of samples.

Significant differences (< .05) were between groups with different superscripts.