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Table 2 The net photosynthesis rate (Pn) and SPAD value in the main-stem functional leaves of upland cotton at the early flowering and flowering and boll setting in 2019 and 2020

From: Effects of mepiquat chloride and plant population density on leaf photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism in upland cotton

Treatment

Early flowering

Flowering and boll setting

SPAD

Pn /(μmol·m−2·s−1)

SPAD

Pn /(μmol·m−2·s−1)

 

2019

2020

   

2019

2020

MC1D1

48.38c

47.31c

27.74c

 

50.91b

26.73d

30.57c

MC1D2

50.37b

48.76b

25.91e

 

52.45a

25.23e

27.40d

MC1D3

52.10a

49.57a

26.70d

 

53.14a

26.04de

28.44d

MC0D1

40.58f

39.62f

30.06a

 

50.10b

31.98a

34.15a

MC0D2

41.20e

40.57e

28.22bc

 

47.57c

29.89b

30.85bc

MC0D3

42.63d

41.79d

28.85b

 

47.31c

28.45c

32.21b

 

2019

2020

     

MC1

50.28a

48.54a

26.78b

 

52.17a

27.4b

 

MC0

41.49b

40.66b

29.04a

 

48.33b

31.26a

 
   

2019

2020

 

2019

2020

D1

43.97a

 

27.35a

30.46a

50.50a

29.35a

32.36a

D2

45.24a

 

26.64a

27.49b

50.01a

27.56a

29.13b

D3

46.52a

 

26.27a

29.28a

50.23a

27.25a

30.33ab

  1. Means within a column followed by different letters are significantly different at P = 0.05. MC: mepiquat chloride; MC0: no MC application; MC1: MC application; D1: 2.25 plants·m−2; D2: 4.5 plants·m−2; D3: 6.75 plants ·m−2