Table 3. Mean dry mass of the hop shoots per plant of the different cultivars and sampling years.

Parameter	Cultivar					Year			SEM	p-value
	‘Aurora’	‘Celeia’	‘Dana’	‘Hallertauer Magnum’	‘Savinjski golding’	2009	2010	2011		C	Y
m(hop shoot)/g	3.1a	5.6b	6.7cd	5.9bc	7.1d	5.8B	7.2C	4.0A	1.6	<0.005	<0.005

SEM=standard error of the mean, C=effect of cultivar, Y=effect of year of production. Different letters indicate significant differences (p=0.05): ^a-d=between cultivars, ^A-C=between years of production