Table 2.

Localized stem temperature deviation from the mean surface temperature in linear temperature plots.

	Set 1: Dracaena fragrans^{^z}				Set 2: Syzygium grande^{^z}
	Time				Time
	0830h		1830h		0830h		1830h
Treatment	Deviation from linear trend (°C)				Deviation from linear trend (°C)
	Mean ± SD	P-value	Mean ± SD	P-value	Mean ± SD	P-value	Mean ± SD	P-value
1	0.11 ± 0.07	0.361	0.17 ± 0.07	0.588	0.14 ± 0.09	0.389	0.03 ± 0.11	0.851
2	0.06 ± 0.09	−	0.21 ± 0.04	−	0.09 ± 0.08	−	0.04 ± 0.06	−
3	0.05 ± 0.07	0.908	0.15 ± 0.02	0.751	0.10 ± 0.09	0.878	−0.01 ± 0.01	0.551
4	0.04 ± 0.06	0.728	0.28 ± 0.04	0.162	0.12 ± 0.08	0.575	0.08 ± 0.13	0.736
5	0.05 ± 0.10	0.908	0.19 ± 0.07	0.821	0.08 ± 0.09	0.918	−0.04 ± 0.17	0.355
6	0.04 ± 0.01	0.728	0.27 ± 0.15	0.188	0.14 ± 0.02	0.446	0.05 ± 0.03	1.000
7	0.00 ± 0.07	0.306	0.51 ± 0.14	0.001^{^y}	0.10 ± 0.08	0.878	0.14 ± 0.04	0.337
8	−	−	−	−	0.12 ± 0.09	0.646	0.34 ± 0.16	0.004^{^y}

↵^zNumber of repeated measures (n = 12).
↵^yRepresents a significant difference (P < 0.05) from Treatment 2, the irrigated control.