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Table 4.

Comparison of parameters, response variables and composite traits for the 30 mock-ups with the highest and the 30 mock-ups with the lowest values of f_PAR and A_d for LAI varying between 3.8 and 4.7 m² m⁻²

Variable	Lowest f_PAR	Highest f_PAR	Lowest A_d	Highest A_d
Parameters
Nb _Leaves	41 ± 3^b	42 ± 2^ab	43 ± 2^a	41 ± 2^b
Lrac _int (cm)	641 ± 87^b	739 ± 33^a	755 ± 27^a	585 ± 69^c
ratio _L	0.29 ± 0.07^a	0.23 ± 0.08^b	0.29 ± 0.06^a	0.18 ± 0.06^b
Nb _max	228 ± 25^b	216 ± 24^bc	208 ± 25^c	244 ± 7^a
δ_Amax (°)	172 ± 3^a	114 ± 9^b	169 ± 5^a	117 ± 13^b
LB _int (cm)	36 ± 7^ab	32 ± 10^bc	28 ± 11^c	41 ± 6^a
WB _int (cm)	3.19 ± 0.64^a	3.06 ± 0.50^ab	2.72 ± 0.64^b	3.41 ± 0.30^a
xm _int	0.26 ± 0.08^b	0.32 ± 0.05^a	0.28 ± 0.06^b	0.27 ± 0.07^b
ym _int	0.67 ± 0.11^ab	0.63 ± 0.10^ab	0.61 ± 0.11^b	0.68 ± 0.08^a
Model outputs
LAI	3.94 ± 0.09^c	4.59 ± 0.08^a	4.03 ± 0.19^c	4.27 ± 0.22^b
f _PAR	0.93 ± 0.01 d	0.98 ± 0.00^a	0.95 ± 0.01^c	0.97 ± 0.01^b
MS	0.50 ± 0.05^b	0.61 ± 0.02^a	0.59 ± 0.03^a	0.47 ± 0.04^c
k	0.68 ± 0.03^d	0.89 ± 0.02^a	0.74 ± 0.03^c	0.83 ±^0.04^b
A _d (mol CO₂ d⁻¹)	97 ± 2.5^c	100 ± 0.9^b	94 ± 0.5^d	103 ± 0.3^a
Composite traits
Petiole length (cm)	181 ± 42^b	166 ± 61^b	221 ± 47^a	102 ± 26^c
Leaf length (cm)	822 ± 100^c	904 ± 67^b	976 ± 54^a	687 ± 57^d
Individual leaf area (m²)	7.11 ± 0.61^b	8.03 ± 0.54^a	6.96 ± 0.50^b	7.70 ± 0.53^a
FreqLft (leaflets cm⁻¹)	0.36 ± 0.07^b	0.29 ± 0.04^c	0.28 ± 0.03^c	0.42 ± 0.05^a
Individual leaflet area (cm²)	316 ± 44^b	376 ± 43^a	338 ± 41^b	316 ± 20^b
LW _ratio (cm cm⁻¹)	12.0 ± 4.4^a	10.9 ± 4.3^a	11.3 ± 6.0^a	12.0 ± 2.1^a

Superscript letters correspond to significant differences between the four groups (Tukey’s test, P < 0.05).