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. 2011 Jul 1;108(4):749–763. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcr152

Table 5.

Stepdown results for NED 2005

Height Insecticide Aborted flowers Total flowers
Aborted flowers β = 0·01 β = –0·44
F1,101 = 3·18 F1,101 = 9·44
P = 0·08 P < 0·01
Total flowers β = 0·06 β = –0·29 β = 0·35
F1,100 = 83·34 F1,100 = 2·75 F1,100 = 143·73
P < 0·0001 P = 0·10 P < 0·0001
Average silique length β = 0·68 β = 2·74 β = 4·46 β = –2·37
F1,99 = 1·10 F1,99 = 6·26 F1,99 = 6·27 F1,99 = 2·52
P < 0·0001 P = 0·30 P = 0·0139 P = 0·12

Total flowers and silique length both increased with height at harvest. Plants to which insecticide was added aborted fewer flowers. Total flowers increased with the number of aborted flowers. Flower abortions were associated with longer siliques.