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Effect of nursery production method on trunk diameter and bending stress required to pull trunks to various angles seven months after planting.
Production method Trunk diameterz (cm) Bending stress to 5 degrees (kN/m2) Bending stress to 10 degrees (kN/m2) Bending stress to 15 degrees (kN/m2) Field 15.2 (0.62) ay 27155 (5236) a 35703 (7092) a 37285 (4473) a Container 14.8 (0.7) a 20363 (1216) a 23117 (1372) b 23641 (2160)b - Table 2.
Analysis of variance of trunk diameter and bending stress required to pull trees to various trunk angles seven months after planting.
Source of variation Trunk diameter (cm) Bending stress to 5 degrees (kN/m2) Bending stress to 10 degrees (kN/m2) Bending stress to 15 degrees (kN/m2) Root pruning nsz ns ** ns Irrigation ** ns ns ns Root pruning × irrigation ns ns ns ns ↵zMean (with S.E.) for the non-significant (ns) sources of variations.
Note: Asterisks (**) indicate statistically significant at P < 0.05.
- Table 3.
Effect of root pruning at planting on bending stress required to pull trunks to various trunk angles seven months later.
Root pruning Bending stress to 5 degrees (kN/m2) Bending stress to 10 degrees (kN/m2) Bending stress to 15 degrees (kN/m2) Yes 32953 (1276) az 42851 (1692) a 45681 (2134) a No 29531 (1852) a 37597 (1361) b 41882 (2419) a ↵zMeans (with S.E.) compared within a column (P < 0.03), based on 12 trees per treatment.
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