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Table 1 Morphological measurements from plants under each diel regime on days 0 and 30

From:Diel oscillations in cell wall components and soluble sugars as a response to short-day in sugarcane (sp.)

+ 1 leaf Plant height (cm) Dry mass
Length (cm) Width (cm) Leaves (g) Leaf sheath (g) Roots (g) Total (g)
12 h/12 h light/dark
 Day 0 37.82 ± 12.4 1.09 ± 0.2 53.44 ± 14.8 0.53 ± 0.3 0.72 ± 0.4 0.6 ± 0.4 1.85 ± 1.0
 Day 30 38.17 ± 12.3 1.1 ± 0.2 85.03 ± 25.3 1.01 ± 0.5 0.94 ± 0.5 0.57 ± 0.4 2.52 ± 1.3
08 h/16 h light/dark
 Day 0 37.49 ± 12.3 1.18 ± 0.2 56.21 ± 16.1 0.43 ± 0.3 0.58 ± 0.3 0.39 ± 0.2 1.4 ± 0.8
 Day 30 38.79 ± 11.6 1.2 ± 0.2 91.68 ± 25.3 0.9 ± 0.4 0.85 ± 0.2 0.46 ± 0.2 2.21 ± 0.8
  1. The dry masses from leaves, leaf sheaths and roots from plants under each diel were measured at day 0 and from other set of plants at day 30. Values are mean ± SD wheren = 27 for + 1 leaf length and width and plant height; and n = 3 for dry mass at day 0 and 30