Table 6.

Relative changes in yield formation by grafting with record-yield scions in 2014 and 2015.

Traits (/Plant)	Treatment	Cultivars
		Williams	Amsoy	Liaodou10	Liaodou3	Resnik	Kottman	Dilworth	Dennison	Tiefeng31	Liaodou11	Liaodou12
2014
Yield (g)	L/D	–12.19*	–11.65*	–6.17*	–3.38NS	–5.51NS	–5.02NS	–4.89NS	3.22NS	–5.12NS	8.26NS	–4.42NS
	Z/D	–21.9**	–28.01**	–24.46**	–13.23**	–21.55**	8.33*	–1.03NS	1.66NS	–18.44**	–7.48*	–10.47*
Seed number	L/D	–0.76NS	–6.37NS	–12.44*	–8.95*	–1.06NS	10.34NS	19.27**	20.48**	–5.92NS	–16.54**	–28.68**
	Z/D	–23.81**	–24.21**	–35.58**	–23.02**	–21.43**	19.71**	7.44NS	18.65**	–24.34**	–24.21**	–31.61**
Seed weight (g)	L/D	9.92*	9.33**	6.75**	8.86**	–1.37NS	–3.99NS	–13.74**	–14.59**	–10.47**	23.02**	20.55**
	Z/D	6.11NS	1.10NS	17.24**	15.44**	1.91NS	4.20NS	–7.13NS	–8.86NS	–14.29**	13.49**	12.85**
2015
Yield (g)	L/D	–12.61*	–16.43**	–7.74**	–0.38NS	–4.38NS	12.25*	7.61*	4.50NS	–9.90*	–0.04NS	–1.64NS
	Z/D	–12.95**	–14.16**	–9.33*	3.29NS	–9.80**	12.69NS	2.90NS	–0.78NS	0.46NS	3.60NS	–6.25NS
Seed number	L/D	–25.18**	–29.56**	–21.78**	–13.58**	–14.43*	26.45NS	14.57**	10.18**	–19.10**	–26.45**	–22.77**
	Z/D	–24.75**	–25.89**	–21.62**	–7.4**	–8.96*	9.82NS	11.1**	8.68NS	–13.37*	–30.01**	–28.31**
Seed weight (g)	L/D	20.85**	23.74**	20.54**	18.49**	18.51**	–10.35NS	–10.02**	–10.02**	–5.38NS	29.14**	14.47**
	Z/D	22.24*	23.49*	18.13*	17.03*	3.07NS	5.61NS	–9.45NS	–11.88NS	–5.87NS	40.3**	14.91NS

Data was calculated by: (graft–self-graft) / self-graft × 100%. L/D or Z/D - the cultivars released in different decades grafted onto L14 or Z35 scions, respectively. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, NS, not significant.