Table. 1.

Two-way analysis of variance results for growth traits of Aristolochia contorta, F statistics are shown. The two treatments were light intensity (unshaded and shaded) and leaf damage (control, mature leaf damaged, and young leaf damaged). df = 1, 2, 114 for each treatment.

Significant effects are shown in asterisk (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001)

Light Damage Light × damage
Stem length (cm) 69.521*** 1.111 1.985
Internode length (cm) 61.478*** 0.102 0.061
No. of primary branches 36.147*** 11.926*** 2.272
Total leaf area (cm2) 35.476*** 1.422 4.948**
No. of leaves 6.274* 8.168*** 2.553
Single leaf area (cm2) 104.625*** 2.233 4.374*
Specific leaf area (mm2 mg-1) 0.618 7.275** 0.507
Petiole length (mm) 58.085*** 0.063 2.836
Chlorophyll content (SPAD) 1.637 0.358 11.175***
Total dry weight (g) 6.546* 3.299* 1.014
Leaf mass fraction (g g-1) 19.460*** 1.088 7.822***
Root mass fraction (g g-1) 32.605*** 1.609 7.297**
Root dry weight (g) 0.451 3.387* 0.606
Shoot dry weight (g) 23.991*** 3.329* 1.834
Leaf dry weight (g) 11.876*** 2.792 3.521*
J Ecol Environ 2024;48:- https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.24.062
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