Skip to main content

Table 2 Biomass accumulation of X. spinosum seedlings at different sand burial depths

From: Effects of sand burial depth on Xanthium spinosum seed germination and seedling growth

Different depths(cm)

Root biomass

(g)

Stem biomass

(g)

Leaf biomass

(g)

Reproductive component(g)

Total biomass

(g)

1

0.1329 ± 0.0047d

0.1849 ± 0.0055a

0.6109 ± 0.0185a

0.0336 ± 0.0021a

0.9933 ± 0.0258a

2

0.1360 ± 0.0049d

0.1545 ± 0.0058b

0.5341 ± 0.0190b

0.0374 ± 0.0090a

0.8855 ± 0.0300b

3

0.1608 ± 0.0047c

0.1411 ± 0.0055bc

0.5817 ± 0.0202ab

0.0345 ± 0.0017a

0.9459 ± 0.0293ab

5

0.2041 ± 0.0050b

0.1326 ± 0.0068c

0.5338 ± 0.0275b

0.0390 ± 0.0055a

0.9363 ± 0.0379ab

7

0.2060 ± 0.0063b

0.0625 ± 0.0027d

0.2483 ± 0.0103c

0.0173 ± 0.0057b

0.5213 ± 0.0168c

9

0.2854 ± 0.0110a

0.0408 ± 0.0028e

0.1097 ± 0.0121d

0.0000 ± 0.0000c

0.4359 ± 0.0185c

  1. The values were represented as means ± SE Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences among the different sand burial depths of X. spinosum by using one-way ANOVA from LSD tests (P < 0.05)