Table 5.
Analysis of plant dry matter distribution to crowns and leaves, and plant size for ‘Flamenco’ strawberries grown on a range of mulches with different reflective properties
| Mulch type |
Statistical analysis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hessian | Black polythene | Extenday™ | Ultra-reflective | F probability | s.e.d. | d.f. | |
| Crown number | 54 | 52 | 64 | 48 | 0·05 | 5·26 | 12 |
| Total crown diameter (mm) | 507 | 454 | 573 | 464 | 0·074 | 44·3 | 12 |
| Petiole number | 328 | 334 | 380 | 350 | 0·284 | 27·6 | 12 |
| Total petiole length (mm) | 3554 | 3953 | 4538 | 3947 | 0·042 | 297·0 | 12 |
| No. of non-fruiting trusses | 33 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 0·728 | 7·6 | 12 |
| Lamina area (cm2) | 14734 | 15637 | 17687 | 16127 | 0·063 | 981·4 | 12 |
| Lamina f. wt (g) | 357 | 372 | 434 | 400 | 0·047 | 25·4 | 12 |
| Lamina d. wt (g) | 98 | 100 | 121 | 110 | 0·044 | 7·7 | 12 |
| Total vegetative d. wt (g) | 233 | 237 | 282 | 253 | 0·110 | 20·1 | 12 |
Plants were harvested at the end of the growing season (3 Nov.) and values are the means from 50 plants.
All data are mean values per bag (i.e. total of ten plants).