Table 1.
Average fruit weight of diploid Actinidia chinensis ‘Hort16A’ and its colchicine-induced autotetraploids Type A and Type B, with all fruit from all plants from 2006 to 2009
| Group | Ploidy | Fruit weight (g) |
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| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Average | ||
| ‘Hort16A’ | 2x | 96·3 ± 6·0b | 97·6 ± 2·6b | 95·3 ± 3·2b | 89·2 ± 2·8b | 94·6 ± 1·9 |
| Type A | 4x | 145·0 ± 3·4a | 145·9 ± 3·5a | 164·7 ± 3·2a | 140·0 ± 3·1a | 148·8 ± 5·6 |
| Type B | 4x | 102·1 ± 1·1b | 95·7 ± 4·5b | 107·4 ± 3·9b | 103·1 ± 3·1b | 102·1 ± 2·4 |
All data shown are averages ± s.e.
Values followed by different letters within the same column in the same year are significantly different (P < 0·01).