Table 4

Effect of vine defoliation two seasons previously on floral and fruit components of yield (1999/2000).

	Defoliation (weeks postbloom)
				No	Linear
	4 wk	8 wk	12 wk	defol.	signif^a
^a, *, and ns indicate significance at p ≤ 0.05, 0.01, and not significant, respectively.
^bMeans within the same row with the same letter are not significantly different at LSD p ≤ 0.05.
Inflorescence number/shoot	1.5b^b	1.6ab	1.8a	1.8a	*
Branch number/inflorescence	5.0b	6.0ab	6.2ab	6.3a	*
Estimated flower number/inflorescence	163b	178ab	190a	192a	*
Fruit set (%)	13.9c	16.3b	20.6ab	21.6a	**
Berry number/cluster	25c	30bc	40ab	41a	**
Mean berry wt (g)	0.79	0.78	0.77	0.77	ns
Cluster wt (g)	21.7b	25.7ab	33.3a	34.1a	**
Cluster number/vine	28b	31ab	33ab	37a	*
Vine yield (kg)	0.63c	0.86bc	1.10ab	1.32a	**