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Table 1 Architectural measurements taken over the first four years of growth after grafting

From: Genetic control of pear rootstock-induced dwarfing and precocity is linked to a chromosomal region syntenic to the apple Dw1 loci

Trait

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Number of branches per tree (Branches)

x

x

x

  

Total tree height (Height)

x

x

x

x

 

Length of the new main axis growth (LNG)

x

x

x

x

 

Number of inflorescence (Inflorescence)

  

x

x

x

Number of nodes per tree (Nodes)

x

x

   

Number of spurs per tree (Spurs)

x

x

x

  

TCA 20 cm above graft unit (TCAtrunk)

x

x

x

x

 

TCA of the rootstock (TCAroot)

  

x

x

 

TCA secondary growth of the main axis (TCAsec)

  

x

  

TCA tertiary growth of the main axis (TCAtert)

  

x

  

Vigour classification (Size)

  

x

  

Root suckering (Suckers)

  

x

  
  1. Measurements were taken for OHxLBJ pear rootstock segregating population and Quince C (QC) controls grafted with scions of ‘Comice’. TCA trunk cross-sectional area, spurs are short shoots (<2.5 cm). The designation for the variables used for QTL analysis is indicated between brackets