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Fig. 1 Mean values (±SE) of total biomass of plants that germinated in spring (GT1), late spring (GT2), summer (GT3) and late summer (GT4) and harvested at different growth stages (growth period).
Fig. 2 Mean values (±SE) of the mass of various organs for plants that germinated in spring (GT1), late spring (GT2), summer (GT3) and late summer (GT4) and harvested at different growth stages (I~III and EX for GT1). Different lowercase letters indicate significant difference between growth stages within germination treatment (GT), different uppercase letters indicate significant difference between GT treatments for each stage (p < 0.05). The extra sampling (EX) for spring germinants (GT1) was taken before the first time of GT1 sampling as a reference for comparisons.
Fig. 3 Mean values (±SE) of morphological traits for plants that germinated in spring (GT1), late spring (GT2), summer (GT3) and late summer (GT4) and harvested at different growth stages (I~III). Different lowercase letters indicate significant difference between growth stages within each germination treatment (GT), different uppercase letters indicate significant difference between GT treatments within each stage (p < 0.05).
Fig. 1 Mean total biomass (±SE) of plants that germinated in spring (GT1), late spring (GT2), summer (GT3) and late summer (GT4) and harvested at different growth stages (growth period).
Fig. 2 Mean values (±SE) of the mass of various organs for plants that germinated in spring (GT1), late spring (GT2), summer (GT3) and late summer (GT4) and harvested at different growth stages (I~III and EX for GT1). Different lowercase letters indicate significant difference between growth stages within germination treatment (GT), different uppercase letters indicate significant difference between GT treatments for each stage (p < 0.05). The extra sampling (EX) for spring germinants (GT1) was taken before the first time of GT1 sampling as a reference for comparisons.
Fig. 3 Mean values (±SE) of morphological traits for individual plants that germinated in spring (GT1), late spring (GT2), summer (GT3) and late summer (GT4) and harvested at different growth stages (I~III). Different lowercase letters indicate significant difference between growth stages within each germination treatment (GT), different uppercase letters indicate significant difference between GT treatments within each stage (p < 0.05).