Table 3.
Moisture content (% f. wt; mean ± s.e.) of Trifolium ambiguum seeds harvested at different stages during development and sorted by seed coat colour (expt 2; hand-pollinated 11 January 2006)
| DAP | Green | Yellow | Orange | Dark orange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 61·5 ± 0·74† | 55·6 ± 2·74a‡ | – | – |
| 38 | 60·2 ± 0·69† | 51·8 ± 1·85† | 18·8‡ | 19·2‡ |
| 40 | 60·4 ± 3·50† | 48·2± 2·84** | 43·0 ± 11·71‡ | 56·6‡ |
| 42 | 61·2‡ | 48·6 ± 2·61* | 24·1 ± 3·73† | 15·4 ± 0·60‡ |
| 44 | – | 47·6 ± 2·47† | 15·9 ± 0·50† | 15·4 ± 0·66† |
| 49 | – | – | 13·8 ± 0·54** | 12·9 ± 0·38† |
| 56 | – | 12·0‡ | 11·9 ± 0·20‡ | 12·5 ± 0·25† |
| 63 | – | – | 11·5 ± 0·47† | 12·1 ± 0·41† |
| 70 | – | – | 12·5 ± 0·42‡ | 11·2 ± 0·35† |
The Shapiro–Wilk test for normality was used for each DAP × colour category: test-statistic; *P <0·05; **P <0·0.; †Non-significant; ‡Test not carried out if <3 seeds within the category; if only one seed, no standard error is shown.