Research Article
Competitive Interaction of Axonopus compressus and Asystasia gangetica under Contrasting Sunlight Intensity
Table 1
Shoot dry weight, plant height, and leaf area of A. compressus and A. gangetica in monoculture and mixtures at 10 wk after planting in full sunlight.
| | 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. gangetica |
| | 72 plants m−2 | | | | | | | | C100 | 3.1b | — | 4.5a | — | 244.6a | — | | C75W25 | 2.8b | 0.8b | 5.5a | 17.0b | 238.7a | 32.0b | | C50W50 | 4.2b | 1.9a | 4.8a | 20.0b | 355.3a | 123.3a | | C25W75 | 6.6a | 1.0ab | 3.9a | 15.0b | 479.9a | 243.3a | | W100 | — | 2.1a | — | 27.7a | — | 142.8a | | 288 plants m−2 | | | | | | | | C100 | 10.4b | — | 5.0a | — | 613.3b | — | | C75W25 | 9.7b | 0.02c | 4.5a | 7.0b | 601.6b | 2.3c | | C50W50 | 10.4b | 0.12c | 4.5a | 6.8b | 636.0b | 13.7c | | C25W75 | 16.4a | 0.48b | 5.0a | 6.2b | 909.3a | 40.5b | | W100 | — | 1.99a | — | 20.9a | — | 134.3a |
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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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