Growth stages Plant density Biomass kg-1 m-2 Biomass kg-1 m-2 Relative competition intensity Relative competition intensity Root length density Specific root area
Shoot Root Shoot Root cm cm-3 cm-2 cm-3
Heading P 0.36 (0.05)b 0.01 (0.002)b 0.2 (0.01)ab 0.46 (0.1)
74 DAP DP 0.57 (0.04)a 0.03 (0.002)a 0.12 (0.05)b 0.02 (0.02)b 0.3 (0.02)a 0.41 (0.03)
TP 0.7 (0.05)a 0.02 (0.001)a 0.32 (0.05)a 0.46 (0.02)a 0.26 (0.00)b 0.39 (0.01)
Flowering P 1.08 (0.18)b 0.02 (0.001) 0.34 (0.11)b 0.39 (0.09)
102 DAP DP 1.13 (1.10)b 0.02 (0.002) 0.37 (0.01) 0.58 (0.01) 0.39 (0.02)a 0.43 (0.04)
TP 1.64 (0.18)a 0.03 (0.004) 0.47 (0.06) 0.53 (0.06) 0.63 (0.06)b 0.49 (0.4)
Ripening P 1.53 (0.14)b 0.02 (0.001)b 0.13 (0.04)c 0.4 (0.1)
132DAP DP 2.27 (0.25)a 0.03 (0.003)ab 0.17 (0.07)b 0.28 (0.08) 0.29 (0.00)a 0.3 (0.02)
TP 1.86 (0.21)ab 0.03 (0.004)a 0.57 (0.04)a 0.40 (0.09) 0.43 (0.05)b 0.3 (0.01)
ANOVA p-values
Density 0.001 0.004 <0.001 0.002 <0.001 0.8
Growth stages <0.001 0.03 0.003 <0.001 <0.001 0.1
Density × stages 0.02 0.07 0.02 0.001 0.02 0.5