| Variablez | Chlorophyll concentration | Leaf Chlorophyll Index (LCI) | Tiller Number (TN)/Plant | Ht | Stomatal conductance | Fresh Biomass Wt./plant | Dry Biomass Wt./plant | Rhizome wt./plt | |||||
| µmol·m2 | LCI | TN | cm | mmol·m−2·s−1 | g | g | g | ||||||
| M4 | M5 | M4 | M5 | M4 | M5 | M4 | M5 | M4 | M5 | M5 | M5 | M5 | |
| C1 | 308.9a | 297.7a | 39.2a | 39.2a | 9.3a | 7.3a | 97.7a | 86.5a | 189.5 | 127.7 | 54.0a | 35.5a | 349.7a |
| C2 | 302.7a | 254.3ab | 33.6b | 33.9ab | 7.2b | 6.7ab | 89.2b | 88.1a | 163.6 | 114.6 | 23.2b | 20.8b | 251.5b |
| C3 | 276.5ab | 208.9b | 32.7b | 24.5c | 6.bc | 6.0bc | 78.0c | 63.7b | 158.7 | 97.8 | 17.7c | 16.0c | 169.6c |
| C5 | 258.2b | 206.8b | 33.0b | 32.2b | 5.7c | 5.0c | 65.8d | 51.5b | 133.5 | 117.2 | 8.7d | 8.7d | 113.2d |
| SE | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 12.8 |