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. 2011 Oct 6;109(1):169–179. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcr256

Table 5.

Average fruit dimensions and ratios of pairs of two fruit dimensions of three genotypes of diploid red-fleshed Actinidia chinensis and their colchicine-induced autotetraploids in 2008

Genotype Ploidy Fruit dimensions
Ratios for two fruit dimensions
Length (mm) Width 1 (mm) Width 2 (mm) Length: width 1 Length: width 2 Width 2: width 1
‘Hort22D’ 2x 48·2 ± 0·5a 47·1 ± 0·5b 42·1 ± 0·3b 1·02 ± 0·01a 1·14 ± 0·01a 0·89 ± 0·01a
‘Hort22D’ 4x 48·4 ± 0·5a 58·5 ± 0·6a 54·1 ± 0·4a 0·83 ± 0·01b 0·90 ± 0·01b 0·93 ± 0·01a
Selection 1 2x 56·5 ± 0·9a 44·3 ± 0·6b 42·6 ± 0·7b 1·28 ± 0·03a 1·34 ± 0·03a 0·96 ± 0·01a
Selection 1 4x 55·0 ± 0·6a 54·9 ± 0·4a 52·5 ± 0·4a 1·00 ± 0·01b 1·05 ± 0·01b 0·95 ± 0·00a
Selection 2 2x 58·8 ± 0·5a 46·4 ± 0·7b 43·6 ± 0·9b 1·27 ± 0·02a 1·35 ± 0·03a 0·93 ± 0·01a
Selection 2 4x 55·4 ± 0·4b 54·2 ± 0·4a 51·8 ± 0·3a 1·02 ± 0·01b 1·07 ± 0·01b 0·95 ± 0·00a

Width 1 is the greater equatorial diameter; width 2 is the lesser equatorial diameter.

All the data shown are averages ± s.e.

Values followed by different letters within the same column for the same genotype are significantly different (P < 0·01).