Table 1.

Anatomy of peripheral vascular bundles from vascular bundle cross-sections and from macerated radial files of berries at various DAA

DAA	Bundle cross-sectiona			Macerated bundleb
	Tracheary elements/bundle	Radial files/bundle	Tracheary elements/radial file	Tracheary elements/macerated file
First-order vascular bundle
20	11.34 (1.7)	3.5 (1.8)	3.2	3.3 (0.6)
33	14.66 (0.9)	4.0 (1.6)	3.6	3.8 (0.6)
58	22.60 (1.6)	5.6 (1.7)	4.0	4.6 (0.3)
76	24.00 (1.9)	4.0 (1.5)	6.0	5.4 (0.2)
121	32.50 (2.2)	4.6 (1.4)	7.0	6.6 (0.1)
Second-order vascular bundle
20	5.59 (1.2)	1.9 (0.4)	2.9	–
33	9.77 (0.8)	2.5 (1.0)	3.9	–
58	12.88 (1.2)	2.7 (1.7)	4.7	–
76	12.36 (1.0)	3.0 (1.1)	4.1	–
121	16.08 (1.3)	2.9 (0.6)	5.5	–

^aData are means ±SE, n=20 bundles (10 berries).

^bData are means ±SE, n=30 bundles (10 berries).