Table 3. Chlorophyll contents and Leaf growth characteristics of Thermopsis lupinoides under different shading treatments.
Treatments | Chlorophyll contents (g/cm2) | LMA (mg⋅cm−2) |
a | b | a+b | a/b |
Full sunlight | 0.11b(±0.03) | 0.04b(±0.01) | 0.15b(±0.04) | 2.85a(±0.17) | 6.38a(±0.70) |
Shaded 50% | 0.24a(±0.04) | 0.13a(±0.05) | 0.37a(±0.08) | 2.13a(±0.59) | 4.40b(±0.55) |
Shaded 75% | 0.21ab(±0.02) | 0.07ab(±0.01) | 0.28ab(±0.02) | 2.86a(±0.26) | 3.45b(±0.19) |
Shaded 95% | 0.16ab(±0.04) | 0.06ab(±0.01) | 0.23ab(±0.04) | 2.55a(±0.24) | 3.28b(±0.16) |