Table 4. The plant height, root collar diameter and H/D ratio of T. daniellii seedlings grown at five different container types in nursery.

Sampling Container type Height (cm) Root-collar diameter (mm) H/D ratio
Primary measurement KK-SI 500 15.6±2.2zB 2.61±0.43B 6.1±1.2AB
SI 350 17.7±3.6A 2.79±0.37A 6.4±1.1A
KK-SI 320 14.3±3.2C 2.43±0.42C 6.0±1.3AB
KCNR-SI 300 13.6±2.8C 2.32±0.39CD 6.0±1.3AB
KCNR-SI 250 12.5±2.3D 2.20±0.33D 5.8±1.2B
Secondary measurement KK-SI 500 17.8±2.6b 3.10±0.40b 5.8±0.7a
SI 350 19.6±3.6a 3.31±0.46a 6.0±0.9a
KK-SI 320 16.8±3.6bc 2.84±0.44c 5.9±1.0a
KCNR-SI 300 15.9±3.0cd 2.73±0.45cd 5.9±1.1a
KCNR-SI 250 14.8±2.4d 2.58±0.30d 5.7±0.8a
Sampling Source F-value
Height Root-collar diameter H/D ratio
Primary measurement Container type 34.85 27.35 2.44
Secondary measurement 26.82 34.63 0.77
Mean±SD (n=120). Different capital (primary measurement) and small (secondary measurement) letters in column indicate significant differences according to Duncan’s multiple range test; p<0.05.