Growth and Flowering Responses of Cut Chrysanthemum Grown under Restricted Root Volume to Irrigation Frequency

Table 4

Effect of irrigation frequencies on shoot growth of chrysanthemum.

Irrigation frequency (times/day)	4	6	8
Stem diameter (cm)	0.58^a	0.58^a	0.58^a
Number of internodes	40.19^a	44.25^a	40.63^a
Leaf area (cm^2)	577.28^a	693.84^a	698.14^a
Leaf number	67.69^a	86.81^a	80.44^a
Leaf length (cm)	9.91^a	10.73^a	10.26^a
Leaf width (cm)	5.56^a	5.96^a	5.59^a

Values in each column accompanied by different letters differ significantly at by Tukey’s test.