Research Article
Competitive Interaction of Axonopus compressus and Asystasia gangetica under Contrasting Sunlight Intensity
Table 2
Shoot dry weight, plant height, and leaf area of A. compressus and A. gangetica in monoculture and mixtures at 10 wk after planting in shade.
| | Treatments | Shoot dry weight plant−1 (g) | Plant height (cm) | Leaf area plant−1 (cm2) | | A. compressus | A. gangetica | A. compressus | A. gangetica | A. compressus | A. angetica |
| | 72 plants m−2 | | | | | | | | C100 | 3.3a | — | 15.0a | — | 201.9a | — | | C75W25 | 3.4a | 0.21c | 15.0a | 19.3a | 204.6a | 29.2c | | C50W50 | 5.1a | 1.07b | 13.0c | 21.8a | 307.7a | 221.4b | | C25W75 | 4.1a | 2.40a | 14.0b | 18.1a | 254.0a | 436.3a | | W100 | — | 1.08b | — | 23.9a | — | 144.5b | | 288 plants m−2 | | | | | | | | C100 | 7.4b | — | 19.0a | — | 477.3b | — | | C75W25 | 6.8b | 0.20c | 19.0a | 21.8a | 499.2b | 20.9d | | C50W50 | 9.6a | 0.33c | 14.6b | 19.0b | 703.7a | 47.0c | | C25W75 | 9.3a | 1.66a | 14.6b | 20.8ab | 660.8a | 163.5a | | W100 | — | 1.03b | — | 21.3ab | — | 133.1b |
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Means within column for each density followed by the same letter are not significantly different at %.
C: A. compressus, W: A. gangetica.
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