Table 4. The effect of container types on nitrogen concentration of F. rhynchophylla seedlings grown at sixteen different container types in nursery.

Container types		Concentration (%)			Mass-weighted concentration (mg g^-1 dry mass)
Density (No./m²)	Volume (cm³/cavity)	Root	Shoot	Leaf	Seedling
100	220	1.08±0.09 b-c	1.00±0.12 b-d	1.69±0.09 a	12.9±0.2 a-c
	300	0.55±0.05 f	0.73±0.05 de	1.63±0.36 a	9.5±0.9 fg
	380	1.00±0.13 b-c	1.01±0.14 b-d	1.76±0.15 a	12.5±0.8 a-c
	460	0.87±0.10 c-e	0.92±0.10 c-e	1.63±0.29 a	11.1±0.9 b-g
144	220	1.10±0.03 bc	0.92±0.27 c-e	1.81±0.28 a	12.7±0.7 a-c
	300	0.72±0.07 ef	0.85±0.02 c-e	1.56±0.16 a	10.1±0.5 d-g
	380	0.75±0.12 d-f	0.97±0.09 b-e	1.73±0.28 a	10.7±1.2 c-g
	460	1.13±0.10 ab	1.29±0.11 ab	1.65±0.16 a	13.2±0.8 ab
196	220	0.99±0.15 b-d	1.12±0.30 a-c	1.44±0.14 a	11.8±1.9 a-e
	300	0.95±0.07 b-e	0.82±0.16 c-e	1.76±0.25 a	11.8±1.0 a-e
	380	0.89±0.10 b-e	0.95±0.07 b-e	1.69±0.32 a	11.9±1.1 a-e
	460	0.75±0.06 d-f	0.99±0.02 b-d	1.88±0.18 a	11.4±0.4 a-f
256	220	0.57±0.15 f	0.69±0.16 de	1.51±0.22 a	8.9±1.9 g
	300	1.34±0.26 a	1.43±0.46 a	1.39±0.07 a	13.6±1.8 a
	380	1.02±0.03 bc	1.12±0.05 a-c	1.59±0.09 a	12.2±0.3 a-d
	460	0.61±0.16 f	0.62±0.08 e	1.61±0.07 a	9.6±0.7 e-g
Density		3.38*	2.50^NS	0.95^NS	2.72^NS
Volume		1.32^NS	0.57^NS	0.61^NS	1.23^NS
Density × Volume		15.16***	6.68***	0.73^NS	6.77***

Values are means of 4 replicates±SD. Values with different letters in a column indicate statistical differences among container types at the 5% levels by Duncan’s multiple range test. F values with asterisks are statistical significances in two-way ANOVA.
P≤0.05,
P≤0.01,
P≤0.001 and
(non-significance) = P>0.05.