Table 2. Biomass of three woody plants to different light intensities
Species | Light intensity (μmol · m−2 · s−1) | Shoot weight (g/plant) | Root weight (g/plant) |
Fresh | Dry | Fresh | Dry |
Ardisia pusilla | 15 | 16.9bz | 4.1b | 11.2ab | 1.9b |
30 | 21.5b | 5.3b | 10.9b | 1.9b |
60 | 24.2b | 6.6ab | 12.3ab | 2.6ab |
120 | 36.0a | 9.1a | 17.0a | 3.8a |
Significance | * | * | * | * |
Clusia rosea | 15 | 34.0c | 3.7c | 11.1b | 1.0b |
30 | 34.7c | 3.8c | 9.6b | 0.9b |
60 | 71.2b | 8.0b | 16.3a | 1.4b |
120 | 104.0a | 13.4a | 20.1a | 2.3a |
Significance | *** | *** | ** | ** |
Fatsia japonica | 15 | 13.7d | 1.8c | 3.1c | 0.4c |
30 | 19.7c | 2.7c | 3.9c | 0.5c |
60 | 26.2b | 4.4b | 8.0b | 1.4b |
120 | 35.9a | 7.4a | 13.8a | 2.4a |
Significance | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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.