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Table 3 Statistical results for the time series of root electrical capacitance (CR), dissipation factor (DR) and electrical conductance (GR) for the three species in the diurnal changes (“DC”) and leaf excision (“LE”) experiments. See the text for the treatment codes

From: Monitoring of plant water uptake by measuring root dielectric properties on a fine timescale: diurnal changes and response to leaf excision

Para-meter

Treatment code

Maize

Cucumber

 

Pea

  

s24

PCT

Tr

s24

PCT

Tr

s24

PCT

Tr

CR

DC-0

4.69

14.8

I

4.60

17.7

I

3.04

17.5

I

 

DC-1

3.63

9.3

I

2.93

16.8

N

3.04

8.4

I

 

DC-2

5.05

0.9

I

9.19

1.9

I

7.23

5.5

I

 

DC-3

2.83

21.0

I

3.41

11.6

I

3.04

17.7

I

 

DC-4

1.88

9.1

D

2.60

3.3

D

2.12

4.3

D

 

DC-5

1.17

21.0

N

1.06

13.8

I

1.10

18.7

I

 

DC-6

0.72

0.3

D

0.10

0.1

D

0.03

0.1

D

 

LE-0

5.86

28.8

I

4.67

22.9

I

3.09

14.3

I

 

LE-1

7.08

24.5

I

4.39

12.5

I

4.32

14.6

I

 

LE-2

5.06

28.3

I

5.05

16.8

I

3.86

67.4

N

 

LE-3

4.11

31.0

N

4.82

39.8

N

3.81

38.2

N

 

LE-4

3.02

29.6

N

3.72

59.8

N

2.07

52.3

N

 

LE-5

0.28

1.3

N

0.19

1.9

N

0.11

2.0

N

DR

DC-0

0.44

5.3

I

0.14

0.1

I

0.64

1.6

I

 

DC-1

0.51

6.4

N

0.47

0.6

I

0.08

0.9

I

 

DC-2

0.03

0.8

I

0.37

1.3

I

0.26

0.7

I

 

DC-3

0.35

2.3

I

0.81

1.9

I

0.03

0.4

I

 

DC-4

0.21

2.3

D

0.06

0.7

D

0.02

0.3

D

 

DC-5

0.60

2.8

I

0.02

0.7

I

0.02

0.9

I

 

DC-6

0.10

0.4

D

0.01

0.1

D

0.02

0.4

D

 

LE-0

0.90

2.6

I

0.39

0.4

I

0.54

0.8

I

 

LE-1

0.49

1.2

I

1.19

1.6

I

1.59

3.8

N

 

LE-2

0.03

0.2

N

1.11

2.5

I

1.99

26.8

N

 

LE-3

0.07

0.4

I

0.52

1.5

I

0.35

3.7

N

 

LE-4

0.16

0.2

I

0.92

6.7

I

0.19

0.6

D

 

LE-5

0.01

0.1

I

0.69

0.3

I

0.04

0.0

N

GR

DC-0

4.82

13.1

I

4.83

8.5

I

3.23

11.7

I

 

DC-1

3.30

9.9

I

3.38

10.3

I

3.53

7.1

I

 

DC-2

1.90

0.5

I

8.39

1.5

I

5.81

3.7

I

 

DC-3

2.98

13.1

I

3.49

9.6

I

3.03

12.5

I

 

DC-4

1.72

7.4

D

2.42

2.8

D

1.79

3.0

D

 

DC-5

1.31

14.6

I

1.12

8.5

I

1.04

10.2

I

 

DC-6

0.51

0.3

D

0.07

0.1

D

0.02

0.1

D

 

LE-0

6.68

20.9

I

4.96

12.8

I

3.46

8.5

I

 

LE-1

8.22

16.5

I

4.90

9.5

I

5.68

11.7

I

 

LE-2

4.49

15.1

I

5.56

13.9

I

5.08

71.4

N

 

LE-3

2.86

16.5

N

5.35

27.4

N

4.21

44.7

N

 

LE-4

2.29

7.4

N

4.23

50.5

N

1.89

22.2

D

 

LE-5

0.37

0.5

I

0.37

1.9

N

0.11

0.3

N

  1. 24- h seasonality was accepted (s24 ≥ 2; written in bold)
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