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Pod production (pods per plant)
25
20
15
10
5
0
peach in light
peach in shade
yellow in light
yellow in shade
standard error
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Month
Figure 3.1 Pod production of the peach-flowering and yellow-flowering biotypes of Captain
Cook tree as affected by months and light conditions
Pod production (pods per plant)
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
peach in light
peach in shade
yellow in light
yellow in shade
standard error
1 2 4 8
Plant density (plants per pot)
Figure 3.2 Pod production of the peach-flowering and yellow-flowering biotypes of Captain
Cook tree as affected by plant densities and light conditions
Podding plants (%)
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5
Years after germination
light
shade
standard error
Figure 3.3 Percentage of peach-flowering plants producing pods under light and shaded
conditions at Mingela
Experiment 3
Approximately 3.3 years after
germination, 81% of peach-flowering
plants exposed to full sunlight conditions
were alive. In contrast, 45% of plants
growing under full shade had died.
Those remaining alive were on average
1.3 m and 0.4 m in height when grown
under sunlight and shaded conditions,
respectively. Furthermore, 44% of
the original plants exposed to full
sunlight have started producing pods,
compared with no plants in shaded areas
(Figure 3.3). The experiment is ongoing.
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