Data Set #1. Effects of wind on the growth of rapid cycling dwarf Brassica (height in cm; 4 plants/tmt)

Wind (before): cotyledons (2, 2, 2, 2,); ht. (1, 1, 1, 1); true leaves (0, 0, 0, 0)

No wind (before): cotyledons (2, 2, 2, 2); ht. (1, 1, 1, 1); true leaves (0, 0, 0, 0)

Wind (after): cotyledons (2, 2, 2, 2); ht. (1, 1, 1, 1); true leaves (2, 5, 5, 3)

No wind (after): cotyledons (2, 2, 2, 2); ht. (1, 1.1, 1.4, 1.5); true leaves (0, 2, 3, 5)

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Data Set #2. Sunlight’s effect on the growth of rapid cycling Brassica (mowed vs. mowed plots; height in cm; 4 plants/tmt)

Unmowed - wild type (before): height (2.5, 2.0, 2.7, 3.0)

Unmowed - dwarf (before): height (0.2, 0.4, 0.2, 0.9)

Mowed - wild type (before): height (5.3, 3.3, 2.6, 3.2)

Mowed - dwarf (before): height (0.8, 0.4, 0.2, 0.9)

Unmowed - wild type (after): height (6.7, 4.8, 10, 8.3)

Unmowed - dwarf (after): height (0.9, 2.5, 1.8, 1.0)

Mowed - wild type (after): height (7, 3.5, dead, 6.0)

Mowed - dwarf (after): height (1.7, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2)

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Data Set #3. Effects of insect herbivory on rapid cycling Brassica (height in cm; 4 plants/tmt)

Wild (before): height (28, 22, 26, 21)

Dwarf (before): height (7, 7, 6, 4)

Control - wild (before): height (29, 30, 24, 25)

Control - dwarf (before): height (6, 10, 9, 5)

Wild (after): height (28, 60, 59, 52)

Dwarf (after): height (7, 8, 6, 7)

Control - wild (after): height (35, 50, 48, 47)

Control - dwarf (after): height (22, dead, 14, 12)

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Data Set #4. Effects of N, N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide, a chemical insecticide, on rapid-cycling Brassica (height in cm; 8 plants/tmt)

Dwarf (before): height (2.5, 2.1, 1.6, 2.2, 2.0, 1.8, 2.2, 2.4)

Control (before): height (1.9, 1.9, 2.2, 1.9, 2.4, 2.4, 2.1, 1.7)

Dwarf (after): height (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0); all dead

Control (after): height (3.0, 3.2, 5.0, 5.0, 5.5, 4.0, 3.4, 4.0)

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Data Set #5. How does flooding affect rapid-cycling Brassica (height in cm; 4 plants/tmt)

Flooded (wild type) growth amount: height (2.25, 0.75, 1.75, 2.5)

Flooded (dwarf) growth amount: height (1.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0)

Non-flooded (wild type) growth amount: height (3.0, 2.5, 2.5, 3.25)

Non-flooded (dwarf) growth amount: height (1.5, 1.25, 0, 0.5)

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Data Set #6. Effects of sugar on the growth of rapid-cycling Brassica (leaf length in mm; 8 plants/tmt)

Control (before): leaf number (2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2); leaf length (5, 7, 5, 6, 9, 7, 8, 8)

Sugar (before): leaf number (2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2); leaf length (7, 6, 8, 8, 7, 6, 7, 6)

Control (after): leaf number (4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3); leaf length (17, 17, 13, 15, 17, 17, 17, 17)

Sugar (after): leaf number (4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4); leaf length (17, 22, 20, 15, 10, 17, 22, 16)