Table 5.6: Vegetative and flowering characteristics of six populations of pawpaw evaluated in 2003, KSU Germplasm Orchard, Frankfort, Ky.
| State | trunk cross sectional area | total number of flowers | length of flowering (days) | flower peak | flower density | n |
|---|
| IN1 | 37.8 a | 278.1 a | 27.8 a | 1.6 | 8.4 ab | 10 |
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| IN2 | 23.4 c | 134.3 c | 10.5 c | 1.7 | 10.4 ab | 8 |
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| KY | 28.5 bc | 208.9 abc | 12.9 c | 1.8 | 7.9 b | 21 |
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| MD | 25.3 c | 278.4 a | 17.6 b | 1.6 | 13.0 a | 14 |
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| NY | 32.5 ab | 257.7 ab | 21.5 b | 1.6 | 8.0 b | 23 |
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| WV | 24.1 c | 175.5 bc | 19.9 b | 1.7 | 6.4 b | 13 |
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| P-value | 0.0115* | .0497* | .0000*** | 0.5811 | 0.1841 | |
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Table 5.7: Fruiting characteristics of six populations of pawpaw evaluated in 2003, KSU Germplasm Orchard, Frankfort, Ky.
| State | fruit
set
(%) | total
number
of
clusters | number of
fruit per
cluster | number of
fruit per tree | fruit
weight (g) | Yield
(kg) | Yield
Efficiency | length of
harvest
(days) | harvest
peak | growing
greede
days for
ripening |
|---|
| IN1 | 0.96
ab | 2.6 b | 2.9 ab | 8.2 b | 103.6 | .8 ab | 0.03 ab | 13.6 | 1.9 | 2609 |
|---|
| IN2 | 0.00
b | 0 b | - | 0 | - | 0 b | 0 b | - | - | - |
|---|
| KY | 0.24
b | .6 b | 2.4 b | 8.3 b | 102.5 | .1 b | 0.004 b | 4 | 2.2 | 2648 |
|---|
| MD | 2.15 a | 8.3 a | 1.9 b | 40 a | 130.7 | 2.0 a | 0.07 a | 23 | 1.6 | 2524 |
|---|
| NY | 0.56
b | 1.2 b | 3.4 a | 6.5 b | 139.2 | .5 b | 0.02 b | 5.4 | 2.1 | 2645 |
|---|
| WV | 0.0 b | 0 b | - | 0 | - | 0 b | 0 b | - | - | - |
|---|
| P-value | .0033
** | 0.0004
*** | .0051
** | .00096
** | 0.2099 | 0.0152
* | .0184
* | .4560 | 0.5113 | 0.3346 |
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