Table 4.
The effects of complete flower removal for ‘Baldwin’ plants, the previous year, on fruit yield in different fruit sizes (mm), total fruit yield, l-AsA concentration and total l-AsA yield per plant
| Treatment | Fruit yield (g) |
l-AsA concentration (mg g−1 f. wt) |
Total l-AsA per plant (mg plant−1) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5·6–8 | 8–11·2 | >11·2 | Total | 5·6–8 | 8–11·2 | >11·2 | ||
| Control | 122 | 598 | 578 | 1298 | 2·99 | 3·19 | 3·15 | 4077 |
| Removed | 245 | 961 | 859 | 2065 | 2·93 | 3·12 | 3·11 | 6306 |
| F. prob. | * | * | n.s. | * | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | * |
| s.e.d. (d.f. = 9) | 43·5 | 129·5 | 130·1 | 290·5 | 0·011 | 0·075 | 0·076 | 949·4 |
F. prob., F. probabilities: *, 0·05; n.s., non-significant.
s.e.d., Standard error of differences between the means; d.f., residual degrees of freedom for comparison.