Fig. 2.

Mean shoot elongation per shoot (MSE) + standard error in both treatments for male and female individuals throughout the 2004 and 2005 growing periods. Mean ramifications number ± s.d. is also shown for each treatment and gender. Upper-case letters indicate significant differences between treatments (M for males plants and F for female plants); lower-case letters indicate significant differences between sexes (c for control treatment and br for bud-removed). Asterisks indicate significant differences (* P < 0·05; **P<0·01, *** P < 0·001). The length of flowering and fruiting periods is shown.