Table 1

The effect of leaf detachment on photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm) of woody plants tested.

Species	Fv/Fm
Species	Whole plant	Detached leaf
Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’	0.810^ns	0.809^ns
Pinus sylvestris	0.807^ns	0.808^ns
Mahonia × media ‘Charity’	0.811^ns	0.807^ns
Prunus laurocerasus ‘Zabeliana’	0.809^ns	0.811^ns
Weigela florida	0.813^ns	0.814^ns
Pieris ‘Forest Flame’	0.810^ns	0.807^ns
Ilex aquifolium	0.815^ns	0.818^ns
Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’	0.812^ns	0.811^ns
Juglans regia	0.804^ns	0.808^ns
Salix daphnoides	0.810^ns	0.806^ns
LSD P < 0.05	0.075
LSD P < 0.01	0.043

Species = ns, leaf detachment = ns, species X leaf detachment = ns.
All values mean of 10 plants; 10 leaves per plant.
ns = not significant.