Treatment g ai/diameter Inch | A verage length of 3 current season shoots | Number of escape shoots/tree | Avg. length of escape shoots/tree | Foliar ratingz | ||||
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June 85 (cm) | Oct. 84 (cm) | June 85 (cm) | Oct. 84 (cm) | June 83 (cm) | June 85 (cm) | Oct. 85 (cm) | March 85 | April 86 |
0 | 44.1 | 42.0 | 41.0 | 17.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
0.5 | 33.3 | 17.7 | 37.8 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
1.0 | 19.3 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 3.2 | 59.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
2.0 | 14.4 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 56.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
Significance | ||||||||
Linear | NS | .0004 | .018 | NS | NS | NS | .04 | .05 |
Quadratic | .0001 | .0001 | .0001 | .0001 | .0017 | .0001 | NS | NS |
↵z Rating scale: 1 = dormant buds; 2 = swollen buds; 3 = leaf buds just opening; 4 = leaf buds opened 1 week; and 5 = leaves completely unfurled.