Research Article

Photosynthesis and Fine Root Growth Dynamics of Soybean in Walnut-Soybean Agroforestry System

Table 1

The photosynthetic factors of soybean.

MeasurementTranspiration rate (m mol·m−2·s−1)Net photosynthesis rate (μmol·m−2·s−1)Stomatal conductance (mol m−2·s−1)Intercellular CO2 concentration(μl L−1)

BranchingCK1.43 a12.94 a155.18 a106.94 a
T1.29 ab14.94 a172.24 a93.31 a

FloweringCK4.29 a16.93 a187.40 a195.44 a
T3.43 b20.40 b212.36 b188.14 ab

PoddingCK2.92 a15.63 a178.26 a263.72 a
T2.29 ab16.31 ab189.31 a213.24 b

The data in the table are the mean value of different treatments. The letter after data expression Duncan’s multiple comparison results. Those data in the same column with the same letter indicate that there is no significant difference (). T denotes walnut-soybean; CK denotes soybean.