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. 2017 Dec 26;121(5):909–926. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcx161

Table 5.

Comparison of parameters, response variables and composite traits of the four indentified ideotypes

Variable	Ideotype
Variable	A	B	C	D
Parameters
Nb _Leaves	39 ± 1^c	41 ± 1^b	44 ± 0^a	41 ± 1^b
Lrac _int (cm)	670 ± 20^a	523 ± 17^c	505 ± 5^c	608 ± 20^b
ratio _L	0.13 ± 0.02^c	0.21 ± 0.02^b	0.30 ± 0.01^a	0.14 ± 0.04^c
Nb _max	246 ± 4^a	239 ± 9^a	250 ± 4^a	247 ± 4^a
δ_Amax (°)	110 ± 5^b	115 ± 10^b	146 ± 6^a	116 ± 11^b
LB _int (cm)	36 ± 7^b	42 ± 3^a	46 ± 2^a	43 ± 4^a
WB _int (cm)	3.2 ± 0.3^b	3.4 ± 0.2^ab	3.7 ± 0.1^a	3.5 ± 0.3^a
xm _int	0.21 ± 0.03^c	0.32 ± 0.03^b	0.38 ± 0.02^a	0.22 ± 0.02^c
ym _int	0.72 ± 0.04^a	0.73 ± 0.03^a	0.57 ± 0.02^b	0.61 ± 0.08^b
Model outputs
LAI	4.36 ± 0.19^a	4.08 ± 0.18^b	4.40 ± 0.09^a	4.40 ± 0.15^a
f _PAR	0.976 ± 0.00^a	0.966 ± 0.01^b	0.961 ± 0.01^b	0.974 ± 0.01^a
MS	0.52 ± 0.01^a	0.43 ± 0.03^c	0.45 ± 0.01^bc	0.49 ± 0.02^ab
k	0.85 ± 0.02^a	0.83 ± 0.03^a	0.74 ± 0.03^b	0.83 ± 0.04^a
A _d (mol CO₂ d⁻¹)	103 ± 0.2^a	103 ± 0.4^a	103 ± 0.0^a	103 ± 0.2^a
Composite traits
Petiole length (cm)	86 ± 16^c	110 ± 13^b	152 ± 4^a	87 ± 23^c
Leaf length (cm)	757 ± 24^a	633 ± 27^c	657 ± 8^bc	695 ± 25^b
Individual leaf area (m²)	8.30 ± 0.36^a	7.24 ± 0.29^c	7.33 ± 0.15^bc	7.79 ± 0.20^b
FreqLft (leaflets cm⁻¹)	0.37 ± 0.01^d	0.46 ± 0.03^b	0.49 ± 0.01^a	0.41 ± 0.02^c
Individual leaflet area (cm²)	338 ± 15^a	303 ± 14^b	294 ± 11^b	315 ± 7^b
LW _ratio (cm cm⁻¹)	11.6 ± 3.5^a	12.2 ± 1.0^a	12.3 ± 0.2^a	12.3 ± 1.8^a

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