. 2014 Oct 6;5:528. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00528

Table 2.

Pistillate inflorescence and fruit cluster drop after open (Control) and artificial pollination (AP) in four hybrid hazel cultivars and C. heterophylla.

Cultivar/species	Treatment	2012			2013
		Pistillate inflorescence drop (%)	Fruit cluster drop (%)	Total drop¹ (%)	Pistillate inflorescence drop (%)	Fruit cluster drop (%)	Total drop (%)
Dawei	Control	44.17 ± 2.25^bc	19.30 ± 0.58^d	63.47 ± 2.83^abc	41.32 ± 1.69^bc	18.96 ± 0.95^abc	60.28 ± 2.64^a
	AP	42.74 ± 1.86^bcd	18.83 ± 0.69^d	61.57 ± 2.55^abcd	40.56 ± 1.85^bcd	17.80 ± 0.83^bcd	58.36 ± 2.68^ab
Bokehong	Control	36.24 ± 1.45^f	23.23 ± 1.01^b	59.47 ± 2.47^cde	39.87 ± 1.88^bcd	17.60 ± 0.78^cd	57.47 ± 2.66^ab
	AP	37.10 ± 1.71^ef	21.01 ± 0.98^c	58.11 ± 2.69^de	39.91 ± 1.64^bcd	17.20 ± 0.77^d	57.11 ± 2.41^ab
Jinling	Control	40.07 ± 1.65^de	26.07 ± 0.96^a	66.14 ± 2.60^a	42.38 ± 2.04^b	17.79 ± 0.71^bcd	60.17 ± 2.74^ab
	AP	38.17 ± 1.52^ef	26.57 ± 1.06^a	64.74 ± 2.58^ab	40.27 ± 2.00^bcd	19.20 ± 0.96^ab	59.47 ± 2.96^ab
Yuzhui	Control	42.17 ± 1.30^bcd	17.94 ± 0.82^d	60.11 ± 2.12^cde	38.24 ± 1.48^cd	19.25 ± 0.84^a	57.49 ± 2.32^ab
	AP	45.67 ± 2.03^b	13.77 ± 0.55^e	59.44 ± 2.58^cde	37.19 ± 1.58^d	18.18 ± 0.90^bcd	55.37 ± 2.48^b
C.heterophylla	Control	53.47 ± 2.66^a	9.31 ± 0.44^f	62.78 ± 3.09^bcd	50.97 ± 2.13^a	4.67 ± 0.21^f	55.64 ± 2.34^ab
	AP	41.88 ± 1.32^cd	13.36 ± 0.68^e	55.24 ± 2.00^e	40.37 ± 1.67^bcd	9.90 ± 0.41^e	50.27 ± 2.08^c

The sum of pistillate inflorescence and fruit cluster drop. Values within the same column followed by different lowercase letters are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 as indicated by LSD test.