. 2018 Dec 28;123(5):877–890. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcy224

Table 5.

Characteristics of annual shoots of the trunk and annual lateral long shoots at the end of the growing season for apple cultivars ‘Ariane’, ‘Braeburn’ and ‘Fuji’ under WW and WS conditions. Statistical analyses were performed using linear models considering water treatment and cultivars and their interaction for each year separately. ANOVA was then used to assess the significance of each effect (ns, not significant, * 0.01 < P < 0.05, ** 0.001 < P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001). For each year, different letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) in post hoc comparisons

Year	Cultivar	Water treatment	Annual shoots of the trunk			Annual lateral long shoots
			Metamer number	Length	Average diameter	Metamer number	Length	Average diameter
				(cm)	(mm)		(cm)	(mm)
2016	‘Ariane’	WW	66.22^a	92.22^a	11.59^a	46.83^a	69.68^a	8.48^a
		WS	50.44^b	68.67^b	9.77^b	34.81^cd	51.30^cd	7.69^b
	‘Braeburn’	WW	49.88^c	62.13^bcd	9.31^bc	37.51^bc	49.04^de	7.25^b
		WS	40.00^bc	55.44^cd	9.23^bc	32.53^d	45.98^e	7.20^b
	‘Fuji’	WW	46.56^bc	69.56^bcd	8.34^c	38.89^b	63.19^b	7.59^b
		WS	38.38^bc	61.38^d	8.35^c	33.52^d	56.95^c	7.12^b
	Water treatment effect		***	ns	ns	***	***	*
	Cultivar effect		***	***	***	***	***	***
	Interaction		ns	ns	ns	**	**	ns
2017	‘Ariane’	WW	49.00^a	64.00^a	8.57^a	32.34^a	46.20^a	6.46^a
		WS	41.00^a	52.67^ab	7.67^ab	29.43^a	43.84^a	6.27^a
	‘Braeburn’	WW	26.33^b	43.00^b	6.91^ab	23.77^b	33.45^bc	5.51^b
		WS	22.33^b	40.00^b	6.00^b	18.74^c	28.77^c	4.75^bc
	‘Fuji’	WW	25.67^b	36.33^b	6.01^b	24.34^b	37.11^b	5.27^b
		WS	24.33^b	38.33^b	5.89^b	18.34^c	31.39^bc	4.83^bc
	Water treatment effect		ns	ns	ns	***	*	*
	Cultivar effect		***	*	*	***	***	***
	Interaction		ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns