Complete root specimen of plants grown in soil-filled root box: sampling, measuring, and staining method

Table 2 Effects of different duration of waterlogging treatment on shoot dry weight, root surface area, TTC stained root tip number, and xylem sap of buckwheat plants

Treatment	Shoot dry weight		Root surface area	TTC stained root tip	Xylem sap
Treatment	(g plant⁻¹)		(cm²)	(no. plant⁻¹)	(g plant⁻¹ h⁻¹)
C	4.84 ± 0.48^a	1514 ± 108^a		145 ± 15.9^a	1.45 ± 0.16^a
W3	2.75 ± 0.32^b	923 ± 102^b		120 ± 10.1^a	1.46 ± 0.09^a
W6	1.03 ± 0.19^c	172 ± 36.9^c		39.2 ± 7.11^b	0.07 ± 0.04^b

C, control; W3, 3-day long waterlogging treatments; W6, 6-day long waterlogging treatments. Values are means (n = 5). The different letters indicate significant differences among the treatments (Tukey HSD test, p < 0.05)

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