Variable^z

Tiller Number (TN)/Plant

Chlorophyll concentration

Stomatal conductance

Rhizome wt.

Fresh Biomass

Dry Biomass

M1

M2

M3

M4

M5

M3

M4

M5

M3

M4

M5

TN

µmol·m⁻²

mmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹

g

g

g

Container size (C)

C1

2.0

3.1

4.6

6.1

5.0

472.5a

392.6

443.0

163.0a

195.7ab

113.7

187.1

30.6a

16.2

C2

2.1

3.5

4.8

6.0

4.9

451.2ab

441.6

438.6

108.4b

137.0b

96.5

220.4

17.4b

14.8

C3

2.6

3.6

5.0

6.5

4.9

419.9bc

393.3

385.3

164.9a

162.6ab

71.0

192.6

15.5b

13.2

C4

2.2

3.0

5.1

5.4

5.0

411.8c

418.3

429.8

157.7ab

211.9a

102.8

170.1

16.4b

12.5

SE

0.20

0.32

0.49

0.50

0.39

13.06

20.93

20.62

18.0

24.30

19.7

20.1

3.3

1.5

Rhizome origin (O)

O1

1.8b

3.2

4.9

6.1

5.1

452.0

414.6

429.4

178.9a

183.9

105.2

156.2b

16.9

11.8b

O2

2.7a

3.4

4.8

5.9

4.8

425.8

408.3

419.0

118.0b

169.7

86.8

228.9a

23.0

16.6a

SE

0.14

0.22

0.34

0.36

0.27

9.2

14.8

14.58

12.7

17.18

13.93

14.2

2.4

1.1

C

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

*

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

*

NS

O

***

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

**

NS

NS

**

NS

**

C X O

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS