Table 2. Physical characteristics of cultivated mountain ginseng with different ages

Parameters	Parts	Cultivated mountain ginseng
Parameters	Parts	3-years	5-years	7-years	9-years
Length	Rhizome (cm)	1.42±0.42¹⁾^b²⁾	1.72±0.55^b	2.47±0.37^a	2.53±0.62^a
	Main root (cm)	3.89±1.38^NS³⁾	4.75±1.40	5.20±2.47	4.44±1.71
	Rootlet (cm)	8.66±2.32^b	13.95±3.63^a	14.85±5.54^a	12.18±5.28^a^b
	Total (cm)	13.96±2.45^b	20.42±2.98^a	22.53±6.02^a	19.15±4.01^a
Thickness	Rhizome (cm)	0.39±0.09^b	0.61±0.11^a	0.63±0.16^a	0.67±0.08^a
Thickness	Main root (cm)	0.68±0.07^b	1.02±0.15^a	1.00±0.19^a	1.01±0.16^a
Weight (g)		1.00±0.15^b	3.68±0.85^a	3.92±0.78^a	3.39±0.77^a

¹⁾Mean±SD.
²⁾Means with different superscript small letters in the same row are significantly different for the same parameter at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.
³⁾NS, not significant.