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Table 1 Effects of different leaf ages on morphological characteristics of tobacco leaves

From: Dynamic changes in physiological and biochemical properties of flue-cured tobacco of different leaf ages during flue-curing and their effects on yield and quality

Leaf age (A)

Year (Y)

DF

Leaf length (cm)

Leaf width (cm)

Palisade tissue cell gap (%)

Sponge tissue cell gap (%)

116 DAT

2016

 

51.2a

16.3a

9.32c

17.25b

123 DAT

54.7a

17.8a

20.34b

31.47a

130 DAT

55.8a

17.5a

29.89a

34.12a

116 DAT

2017

55.6a

18.4a

9.66c

19.60b

123 DAT

61.2a

21.3a

21.81b

34.57a

130 DAT

63.7a

22.6a

28.94a

25.66a

A

2

NS

NS

< 0.05

< 0.05

Y

1

NS

NS

NS

NS

A × Y

2

NS

NS

NS

NS

  1. Note: Lowercase letters represent significant differences for different treatments in the same year (P < 0.05)