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Table 6.1.
Weight distribution of shallot bulbs in varying diameter grades at harvest that resulted from combinations of mother bulb
weight and planting density giving low and high intensities of inter-shoot competition (from Cohat, 1986).
Mother
Weight
bulb
planted
Number
Total
weight
Plants/m
2
(W
D,
Number
harvested
13-19 mm
19-25 mm
25-28 mm
28-32 mm
> 32 mm
yield
(W, g)
(D)
t/ha)
harvested/m
2
per clump
(t/ha)
(t/ha)
(t/ha)
(t/ha)
(t/ha)
(t/ha)
10
14
1.4
100
7.1
0.1
1.5
3.1
5.1
15.3
25.1
20
29
5.8
330
11.4
7.9
19.1
4.6
1.0
0.2
32.8
