Table 1. Growth responses of three woody plants to different light intensities
Species | Light intensity (μmol · m−2 · s−1) | Plant height (cm) | Leaf |
Length (cm) | Width (cm) | Area (cm2) |
Ardisia pusilla | 15 | 23.0az | 6.4a | 4.2a | 473.7b |
30 | 25.6a | 6.9a | 4.4a | 571.7ab |
60 | 23.4a | 6.6a | 4.6a | 607.6ab |
120 | 29.5a | 6.8a | 3.9a | 802.1a |
Significance | ns | ns | ns | ns |
Clusia rosea | 15 | 18.3b | 10.0a | 7.2a | 401.4c |
30 | 18.9b | 9.8a | 7.1a | 393.9c |
60 | 30.7a | 9.7a | 7.2a | 775.1b |
120 | 33.9a | 10.4a | 7.2a | 1,1548a |
Significance | *** | ns | ns | *** |
Fatsia japonica | 15 | 19.5b | 10.0b | 11.1b | 273.4d |
30 | 24.4a | 13.0ab | 14.3ab | 414.9c |
60 | 25.4a | 13.0ab | 14.5ab | 648.3b |
120 | 28.0a | 15.7a | 17.7a | 922.5a |
Significance | ** | * | ns | *** |
Means separation within columns by Duncan's multiple range test, p<0.05.
Nonsignificant or significant at p=0.05, 0.01, or 0.001, respectively.