TABLE 1

 

                                     The mean (± SE) number of days to terminal bud flush measured in the growth initiation experiment following

                                                                   winter chill and subsequent exposure to flushing temperature treatments

 

 

 

 

 

Flushing Temperature (FT)

 

 

 

 

 

10o

 

15o

 

20o

 

Clonal Means for

WC treatment

 

 

Winter Chill                  (WC)

750 h

106.4 ± 0.4

(100%)

101.0 ± 0.7

(87%)

82.8 ± 1.9

(39%)

 

 

100.3 ± 0.4

(76%)

1500 h

53.1 ± 0.

(97%)

39.9 ± 0.2

(99%)

23.3 ±  0.2

(99%)

 

 

 

38.7 ±  0.3

(98%)

 

Clonal means for

FT treatment

80.2 ±  0.7

(98%)

68.2 ±  0.8

(93%)

40.3 ±  0.9

(69%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The percent of cuttings that had bud flush under each treatment and treatment-combinations are shown in

parentheses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                                                                                                    TABLE 2

 

                   Means of growth rhythm traits measured in the growth cessation experiment under different daylength and moisture stress treatments

 

 

 

Daylength

 

Moisture Stress

 

Clone Means

 

 

 

Natural

 

 

Extended

 

 

Sign.a

 

 

 

 

Moisture stress

 

No moisture stress

 

 

Sign.

 

 

 

Minimum

 

 

Maximum

 

 

Sign.

TBS

164.8

163.0

0.0001

 

163.5

164.3

0.0030

 

155.0

196.9

0.0001

DFF

37.0

33.7

0.0001

 

36.0

34.8

0.0001

 

19.1

66.4

0.0001

LBF

196.5

197.2

NSb

 

195.6

198.2

0.0020

 

181.1

217.3

0.0001

PLF

0.84

0.74

NS

 

0.78

0.80

NS

 

0.1

1.00

0.0010

EBF

69.2

68.5

NS

 

68.8

68.8

NS

 

49.2

93.3

0.0001

HT1

381.6

373.1

 NS

 

378.8

376.0

NS

 

211.2

529.4

0.0001

HT2

153.8

143.0

0.0004

 

127.6

169.3

0.0001

 

3.6

258.6

0.0001

HTT

534.9

516.1

0.0010

 

506.3

544.7

0.0001

 

278.8

700.0

0.0001

DSE

96.9

94.0

0.0001

 

93.0

97.9

0.0001

 

78.9

112.0

0.0002

DCG

224.4

223.4

NS

 

220.5

227.3

0.0001

 

200.0

236.6

0.0060

SEI

5.1

5.0

NS

 

4.9

5.1

NS

 

2.9

6.8

0.0080

 

Terminal bud flush (tbfgc) not included because measurement was made prior to treatment.  See Table 1 for trait definitions.

a    significance  [p(F-value)]

b    non-significant

 

 

 

 

 


      TABLE 3

 

                     Phenotypic correlations among traits measured in the growth cessation experiment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TBFCG

TBS

DFF

HT1

LBF

PLF

EBF

HT2

HTT

DCG

DSE

TBFCG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TBS

0.31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DFF

-0.41

0.73

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HT1

-0.05

0.30

0.32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LBF

0.24

0.29

0.09

0.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLF

-0.15

-0.29

-0.16

-0.04

-0.17

 

 

 

 

 

 

EBF

-0.25

0.14

0.32

0.23

0.86

-0.14

 

 

 

 

 

HT2

-0.16

-0.24

-0.12

0.06

-0.33

0.81

-0.28

 

 

 

 

HTT

-0.13

0.07

0.16

0.78

-0.03

0.47

0.02

0.67

 

 

 

DCG

0.04

-0.03

-0.06

0.01

0.11

0.69

0.04

0.69

0.45

 

 

DSE

-0.44

-0.18

0.15

0.04

-0.04

0.69

0.18

0.70

0.47

0.87

 

SEI

0.13

0.20

0.10

0.86

0.00

0.12

-0.07

0.32

0.84

0.00

-0.06