p

(1)

0 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04

Treatment

IH (m/m)

W : Watering W100: 1.0l/m2/day W75: 0.75 l/m2/day W50: 0.5/m2/day W25: 0.25 l/m2/day S : Shading

S0: 0% Shade S60: 60% Shade S80: 80% Shade

Appendix 1. Comparison of the increment ratio of seedling height (IH) under the 12 treatments with different watering and shading levels.

(2)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7.52

6.93

3.613.15 7.43

6.22 4.8

4.044.63 3.63

2.52 2.37

Treatment

NB (number/plant)

Appendix 2. Comparison of number of the newly created buds (NB) under the 12 treatments with different watering and

shading levels. Different letters indicate significant differences (p< 0.05) between treatments according to Tukey’s test.

Lowercase and uppercase letters denote the comparison among the shading and watering treatments, respectively.

(3)

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Treatment

TM (g/plant)

Appendix 3. Comparison of total dry mass per plant (TM) under the 12 treatments with different watering and shading levels.

(4)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Treatment

LM (g/plant)

Appendix 4. Comparison of leaf dry mass per plant (LM) under the 12 treatments with different watering and shading levels.

(5)

62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78

Treatment

SM (g/plant)

Appendix 5. Comparison of stem and

branch dry mass per plant (SM) under the 12 treatments with different watering and shading levels.

(6)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

5044.1843.18

39.7140.0343.6 39.32

34.37 29.5

43.6341.93

38.5836.96

Treatment

RM (gplant)

W : Watering W100: 1.0l/m2/day W75: 0.75 l/m2/day W50: 0.5/m2/day W25: 0.25 l/m2/day S : Shading S0: 0% Shade S60: 60% Shade S80: 80% Shade

Appendix 6. Comparison of root dry mass per plant (RM) under the 12 treatments with different watering and

shading levels. Different letters indicate significant

differences (p< 0.05) between treatments according to Tukey’s test. Lowercase and uppercase letters denote the comparison among the shading and watering treatments, respectively.