Growth and Flowering Responses of Cut Chrysanthemum Grown under Restricted Root Volume to Irrigation Frequency

Table 9

Effect of substrate volumes on flowering characteristics of chrysanthemum.

Substrate volume (cm^3)	73	140
Inflorescence diameter (cm)	12.57^a	13.52^a
Number of flowers	16.21^b	21.54^a
Flower diameter (cm)	6.37^a	6.06^a
Number of petals	25.50^a	25.35^a
Flower color
Lightness	75.92^a	77.05^a
Chroma	2.93^a	2.96^a
Hue	81.33^a	83.84^a
Vase life (days)	20.96^a	21.21^a

Values in each column accompanied by different letters differ significantly at by Tukey’s test.