Suppression of reproductive characteristics of the invasive plant Mikania micrantha by sweet potato competition

BMC Ecology

Table 1 Flowering and fruiting phenology of Mikania micrantha growing as a monoculture or under mixed culture conditions

Variables	Ratios (sweet potato: M. micrantha)
Variables	3:1	2:1	1:1	1:2	1:3	0:4
Initial budding date	10 October	5 October	2 October	28 September	26 September	26 September
Initial flowering date	16 November	12 November	4 November	27 October	24 October	24 October
Initial fruiting date	20 November	16 November	11 November	4 November	2 November	1 November
Duration of bud formation (d)	37.75 ± 0.96a	34.75 ± 0.96b	31.25 ± 0.96c	30.25 ± 0.96c	28.25 ± 0.96 cd	27.25 ± 0.05d
Duration of flowering (d)	48.25 ± 1.26f	54.75 ± 1.50e	60.50 ± 1.29d	68.25 ± 2.22c	73.75 ± 2.06b	79.75 ± 1.71a
Duration of fruiting (d)	48.25 ± 1.89e	55.00 ± 2.16d	59.50 ± 1.29c	66.50 ± 1.29b	70.00 ± 1.63b	75.75 ± 1.71a

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. The different letters within same row signify significantly different at P < 0.05

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