Seasonal Variation of the Canopy Structure Parameters and Its Correlation with Yield-Related Traits in Sugarcane

Table 6

Seasonal changes of leaf distribution in sugarcane varieties.

Varieties	Seedling	Tillering	Early elongation	Rapid elongation	Late elongation	Mean
FN94-0403	0.574±0.14^ab	0.692±0.11^a	0.783±0.08^ab	0.809±0.09^a	0.859±0.05^a	0.744±0.14^ab
FN94-0744	0.533±0.16^ab	0.661±0.08^a	0.748±0.09^abc	0.807±0.12^a	0.856±0.06^a	0.721±0.16^ab
FN95-1726	0.513±0.17^ab	0.658±0.12^a	0.722±0.09^bc	0.787±0.06^a	0.869±0.05^a	0.710±0.16^b
FN96-0907	0.562±0.16^ab	0.676±0.13^a	0.770±0.09^ab	0.804±0.10^a	0.857±0.06^a	0.734±0.15^ab
FN98-10100	0.593±0.15^a	0.673±0.12^a	0.799±0.06^a	0.818±0.07^a	0.898±0.06^a	0.756±0.15^a
GT94-116	0.563±0.14^ab	0.713±0.08^a	0.761±0.11^ab	0.807±0.13^a	0.864±0.06^a	0.741±0.15^ab
GT95-118	0.571±0.16^ab	0.689±0.10^a	0.684±0.13^c	0.783±0.13^a	0.898±0.06^a	0.725±0.16^ab
GT96-211	0.591±0.16^a	0.664±0.13^a	0.736±0.07^abc	0.800±0.10^a	0.864±0.08^a	0.731±0.15^ab
GT96-44	0.545±0.13^ab	0.694±0.10^a	0.776±0.05^ab	0.816±0.09^a	0.858±0.07^a	0.738±0.14^ab
GT97-18	0.506±0.14^b	0.693±0.14^a	0.719±0.10^bc	0.782±0.12^a	0.867±0.05^a	0.713±0.16^b
MT70-611	0.562±0.16^ab	0.650±0.14^a	0.756±0.12^abc	0.833±0.08^a	0.852±0.09^a	0.731±0.16^ab
ROC10	0.521±0.15^ab	0.674±0.15^a	0.708±0.06^bc	0.786±0.13^a	0.866±0.07^a	0.711±0.16^b
YT92-1287	0.512±0.15^ab	0.705±0.17^a	0.735±0.12^abc	0.804±0.14^a	0.876±0.06^a	0.726±0.18^ab
YT96-107	0.556±0.17^ab	0.720±0.15^a	0.712±0.10^bc	0.813±0.08^a	0.873±0.08^a	0.735±0.16^ab
YT96-794	0.561±0.20^ab	0.659±0.17^a	0.718±0.10^bc	0.793±0.12^a	0.848±0.09^a	0.716±0.17^b
YT96-835	0.545±0.14^ab	0.668±0.15^a	0.715±0.10^bc	0.803±0.11^a	0.872±0.06^a	0.720±0.16^ab
YT96-86	0.563±0.14^ab	0.673±0.09^a	0.726±0.11^abc	0.803±0.15^a	0.886±0.05^a	0.730±0.16^ab
Mean	0.551±0.15^e	0.680±0.12^d	0.739±0.10^c	0.803±0.11^b	0.868±0.07^a
LD1	0.523^c	0.680^b	0.733^b	0.863^a	0.909^a	0.742±0.16^d
LD2	0.385^d	0.584^c	0.640^c	0.761^b	0.876^ab	0.649±0.19^c
LD3	0.585^b	0.701^b	0.776^a	0.729^b	0.820^c	0.722±0.12^b
LD4	0.712^a	0.755^a	0.808^a	0.858^a	0.868^b	0.800±0.09^a

Notes: (1) LD₁, LD₂, LD₃, and LD₄ represent the leaf distribution at the azimuth angles of 0~90°, 90~180°, 180~270°, and 270~360°, respectively. (2) The lowercase letters denote significant differences at the level of 0.05.