Table 5. Characteristics of shoot and branches of A. elata in the 1st-4th year of plating.

Year of planting
1 2 3 4
Wight of shoots of a tree(g) 107.4±53.6b 144.0±57.4a 158.8±59.3a
No. of shoots of a tree (ea) 4.8±2.0b 7.5±2.5a 8.0±3.1a
Shoot Diameter (cm) 1.3±0.4b 1.6±0.2a 1.6±0.2a 1.4±0.2ab
Length (cm) 15.5±3.5b 14.1±2.1b 17.5±3.1a 18.0±3.5a
Number of leaves (ea) 3.9±0.8b 6.0±0.7a 5.5±0.9a 6.4±0.8a
Weight (g) 10.0±5.4b 22.5±7.9a 19.9±6.6a 21.1±8.2a
Branch Diameter of root (cm) 4.6±1.7c 5.8±2.4b 8.3±3.1a
Tree height (cm) 151.1±25.8 153.6±25.0 152.7±19.3
Number of total branch of a tree(ea) 6.3±2.9b 9.3±4.1a 8.7±3.1a
Water sprout Number of branch (ea) 2.9±1.5b 3.2±1.8b 4.2±2.2a
Diameter of blanch under winter bud (cm) 1.3±0.3a 1.1±2.2b 13.4±1.9a
Length (cm) 108.6±36.8b 131.4±31.8a 135.7±19.2a
Root sprouts Number of branch (ea) 4.5±3.1 1.4±3.0 1.4±2.3
Diameter of blanch under winter bud (mm) 12.0±2.5 8.1±2.9 11.1±2.1
Length of branch (cm) 106.3±32.0 69.5±28.9 114.2±25.3
Pruning of root sprouts Number of branch for pruning (ea) 3.9±2.6 2.6±2.1
Number of branch (ea) 1.2±0.4 1.3±0.4
Diameter of blanch under winter bud (cm) 1.1±0.2 1.3±0.2
Length of branch (cm) 126.8±28.0 129.4±18.8
Duncan’s multiple range tests (Significant at p=0.05)