Table 3.
Mean red fluorescence (channel number) of PI-stained 2C nuclei of green leaf and red bract of poinsettia and leaf of pea measured either alone or in mixtures (on two days in 2000), which were ‘co-chopped’ sequentially in a known order rather than simultaneously
| Material |
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Mixtures of poinsettia green leaf and red bract |
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| Poinsettia |
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| Day and replicate | Leaf | Bract | Leaf first, bract second | Bract first, leaf second |
| 2·1 | 260·1 | 158·1 | 239·1 | 155·1 |
| 5·1 | 259·3 | 160·4 | 236·7 | 170·4 |
| 5·2 | 271·6 | 174·2 | 206·7 | 168·4 |
| 5·3 | 253·5 | 141·2 | 239·2 | 145·6 |
| Mean | 261·1 ± 3·8a | 158·5 ± 6·8b | 230·4 ± 7·9c | 159·9 ± 5·8b |
Mean values are given with s.d.
Means with different letters are significantly different (P < 0·01).