Table I. Allometric analysis comparing shoot biomass and root phenes in the greenhouse at 46 DAP and in the field at 49 DAP.
Root phenes include TCSA (mm2), metaxylem vessel area (MXA; mm2), metaxylem vessel number (MXN), axial hydraulic conductance (Cond.; kg m−1 MPa−1 s−1), basal root length measured in the greenhouse (BRL; cm)/root length density (RLD; cm cm−3), basal root whorl number (BRWN), basal root number (BRN), adventitious root number (ARN), stele cross-sectional area (SCSA; mm2), percentage stele area (% Stele), basal respiration rate (Resp.; μmol CO2 cm−1 s−1), total root length (Tot. RL; cm), specific root length (SRL; cm g−1), and total root dry mass (R Mass; g). Anatomical data were means from the basal segment for each mesocosm/plot. Adjusted coefficient of determination (R2), y intercept (Int.), scaling coefficient (α), and P value (P) for the regression line are shown. Boldface indicates a significant relationship at P < 0.05.
Parameter | Greenhouse |
Field |
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P Stress |
High P |
P Stress |
High P |
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R2 |
Int. |
α |
P |
R2 |
Int. |
α |
P |
R2 |
Int. |
α |
P |
R2 |
Int. |
α |
P |
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TCSA | 0.02 | 0.50 | −0.27 | 0.20 | −0.03 | 1.59 | 0.003 | 0.98 | 0.09 | 0.99 | −0.26 | 0.06 | −0.01 | 1.22 | 0.08 | 0.44 |
MXA | −0.03 | 0.51 | −0.4 | 0.79 | −0.03 | 1.60 | 0.02 | 0.81 | 0.04 | 0.81 | −0.19 | 0.13 | −0.004 | 1.28 | 0.07 | 0.35 |
MXN | −0.03 | 0.66 | −0.06 | 0.73 | −0.02 | 1.43 | 0.08 | 0.51 | −0.008 | 1.24 | −0.14 | 0.39 | −0.03 | 1.16 | 0.03 | 0.79 |
Cond. | −0.03 | 0.96 | 0.05 | 0.64 | −0.03 | 1.59 | 0.001 | 0.99 | 0.10 | −0.40 | −0.18 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 1.67 | 0.06 | 0.25 |
BRL/RLD | 0.52 | −2.87 | 1.90 | <0.01 | 0.003 | 1.92 | −0.18 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 1.23 | 0.71 | 0.01 | −0.03 | 1.22 | −0.01 | 0.95 |
BRWN | 0.03 | 0.36 | 0.62 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 1.49 | 0.26 | 0.20 | −0.02 | 0.86 | 0.45 | 0.61 | 0.10 | 1.02 | 0.66 | 0.06 |
BRN | 0.09 | −0.28 | 0.90 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 1.06 | 0.57 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 0.48 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 1.01 | 0.30 | 0.09 |
ARN | 0.07 | 1.07 | −0.48 | 0.08 | −0.02 | 1.63 | −0.05 | 0.48 | −0.02 | 1.24 | −0.21 | 0.57 | −0.005 | 1.03 | 0.19 | 0.36 |
SCSA | −0.01 | 0.52 | −0.10 | 0.41 | −0.03 | 1.58 | 0.004 | 0.97 | ||||||||
% Stele | −0.03 | 0.66 | −0.05 | 0.83 | −0.03 | 1.02 | 0.28 | 0.69 | ||||||||
Resp. | 0.23 | −0.87 | −0.32 | <0.01 | 0.02 | 1.92 | 0.10 | 0.23 | ||||||||
Tot. RL | 0.16 | −0.47 | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.96 | 0.18 | 0.04 | ||||||||
SRL | 0.19 | −2.32 | 0.68 | <0.01 | −0.03 | 1.57 | 0.004 | 0.98 | ||||||||
R Mass | 0.69 | 0.52 | 0.67 | <0.01 | 0.60 | 1.10 | 0.50 | <0.01 |