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Table 5 N, K, organic matter content and pH of the soil around Liriope muscari grown under high (HI), medium (MI) and low (LI) incident PAR in two groups (mean ± SE, n = 3)

From: Photosynthetic performance and growth responses of Liriope muscari (Decne.) L.H. Bailey (Asparagaceae) planted within poplar forests having different canopy densities

Traits

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2

HI

MI

LI

HI

MI

LI

N [mg kg−1]

9.50 ± 0.06d

29.83 ± 0.96b

43.03 ± 0.97a

8.60 ± 0.06d

9.50 ± 0.03b

12.83 ± 0.03c

K [mg kg−1]

9.20 ± 0.64b

15.00 ± 1.35b

41.03 ± 1.36a

2.47 ± 0.62d

6.83 ± 0.71cd

15.50 ± 1.10b

Organic matter content [%]

0.37 ± 0.03c

0.63 ± 0.03ab

0.77 ± 0.03a

0.23 ± 0.03c

0.37 ± 0.03c

0.57 ± 0.03b

pH

7.58 ± 0.08a

7.37 ± 0.11ab

7.58 ± 0.07a

7.25 ± 0.02b

7.04 ± 0.01b

7.27 ± 0.01b

  1. Different letters in superscript following the values in each row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05)