Plot 1

Plot 2

Plot 3

Plant

Shoot length cm

Plant

Shoot length cm

Plant

Shoot length cm

1

74

93

93

9

95

95

86

72

15

118

116

 

2

125

95

 

10

135

85

   

16

74

   

3

135

122

89

11

109

79

   

17

70

86

 

4

116

95

 

12

109

102

92

 

18

138

   

5

179

120

 

13

79

66

   

19

117

   

6

165

   

14

106

96

97

100

20

92

115

117

7

90

105

70

         

21

112

118

122

8

117

             

22

115

   
                 

23

116

118

122

Only below ground shoots from the tuber were measured. Those from above ground stems were ignored.

Question: Should you use the mean shoot length for each tuber… or the longest shoot? (What is your hypothesis?)

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