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Effect of pruning treatments on mean length of annual shoot (cm) of apple trees: average for the years
-
'McIntosh'
'Melba'
Treatment
'M. ' rootstock
'A.' rootstock
'M. ' rootstock
'A.' rootstock
/
of dormant shoots removed
.
e
a
.
fg
.
gh
.
g
. g
a
. h
b
Dormant shoots headed by /
. e
. i
b
. i
b
Dormant shoots headed by /
. g
.
. j
Pinching in June to - leaves
. c
. d
. e
. cd
Pinching in July to leaves
. b
. b
. b
. b
/ of shoots removed in August
. e
. ef
. f
. def
All dormant lateral buds removed
. f
. h
. hi
.
/ of dormant lateral buds removed
. d
. fg
b
. f
. f
Shoot apexes removed every weeks
. a
. a
. a
. a
New leaves removed every week
. c
. cd
. bc
. cde
b
Control, untreated
. e
. c
. fg
. ef
a
Mean separation within columns by Duncan's multiple range test, % level.
b
Significant difference between the rootstocks at % level.
From Mika
et al.
(). Reproduced with permission.
