Adverse Influence of Radio Frequency Background on Trembling Aspen Seedlings: Preliminary Observations

Table 1

Various characteristics of aspen seedlings following one of three RF treatments.

	Treatment
Seedling Characteristic	Not-Shielded	Mock-Shielded	Shielded
No. leaders	4 (0, 6)∗	2 (0, 7)	3 (0, 3)
Leader length (cm)	22 (0, 52)	17 (0, 43)	31 (0, 53)
No. Leaves	27 (0, 37)	16 (0, 34)	16 (0, 31)
Leaf area (cm𝟐)	87.4 (0, 165.8)	72.8 (0, 186.7)	170 (0, 219.8)
No. seedlings producing leaders and leaves	7	7	8
No. seedlings out of 9 producing anthocyanins	0	0	8

∗Median (min, max) 𝐧=𝟗.