Vegetative growth components for five Merlot clones planted in Oakville, CA. Clone main effects are averages of five years (1997 to 2001) and year main effects are averages of the five clones.
| Vegetative growth | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoot wt (g) | Pruning wt (kg/vine) | Yield:pruning wt | |
| aValues followed by the same letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05, using Duncan’s multiple range test. | |||
| Clone | |||
| FPS 1 | 66 ca | 1.5 d | 5.7 a |
| FPS 3 | 73 b | 1.7 b | 5.4 ba |
| FPS 6 | 75 b | 1.7 b | 5.3 b |
| FPS 8 | 84 a | 1.9 a | 3.1 c |
| FPS 9 | 69 c | 1.6 c | 5.2 b |
| Year | |||
| 1997 | 62 | 1.4 | 7.3 a |
| 1998 | 103 | 2.2 | 3.1 e |
| 1999 | 75 | 1.9 | 4.1 d |
| 2000 | 69 | 1.9 | 5.6 b |
| 2001 | 60 | 1.3 | 4.7 c |
| Significance levels | |||
| Clone | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Year | ns | ns | <0.0001 |
| Year*Clone | 0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |