Table 1.
Treatment | Aerial biomass (g per pot) |
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FW |
DW |
FW |
DW |
FW |
DW |
FW |
DW |
FW |
DW |
FW |
DW |
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1st cut | 2nd cut | 3rd cut | 4th cut | 5th cut | Total of 5 cuts | |||||||
T0 | 18 c | 2,24 ns | 6,4 d | 1,36 d | 7,0 e | 1,18 d | 6,6 e | 1,10 e | 4,4 c | 0,86 d | 42 d | 6,7 e |
T25 | 20 bc | 2,38 ns | 7,7 c | 1,64 c | 8,5 d | 1,38 cd | 8,0 d | 1,28 d | 5,4 b | 1,08 c | 49 c | 7,8 d |
T50 | 21 ab | 2,48 ns | 8,9 b | 1,84 bc | 9,8 c | 1,50 bc | 8,7 cd | 1,38 cd | 6,4 a | 1,20 bc | 55 b | 8,4 c |
T75 | 20 ab | 2,32 ns | 9,1 ab | 1,88 bc | 10,1 bc | 1,58 bc | 9,4 bc | 1,52 bc | 6,5 a | 1,28 ab | 55 b | 8,6 c |
T100 | 21 ab | 2,44 ns | 9,7 ab | 2,14 a | 11,1 ab | 1,76 ab | 10,0 b | 1,58 b | 6,8 a | 1,40 a | 59 ab | 9,6 ab |
T125 | 20 ab | 2,38 ns | 9,9 ab | 2,16 a | 12,0 a | 1,96 a | 10,0 b | 1,68 ab | 6,8 a | 1,38 a | 58 ab | 9,3 b |
T150 | 22 a | 2,46 ns | 10,1 a | 2,22 a | 12,0 a | 1,96 a | 11,3 a | 1,82 a | 7,0 a | 1,40 a | 62 a | 9,9 a |
Mean | 20 A | 8,8 C | 10,1 B | 9,1 C | 6,2 C | |||||||
Mean | 2,39 A | 1,89 B | 1,62 C | 1,48 D | 1,23 E |
FW – fresh weight; DW – dry weight; ns - not significant; means in the same column with the same small letter do not differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05), as judged by the Tukey test; means in the same line with the same capital letter do not differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05), as judged by the Tukey test.