Fig. 2

Effect of ethephon treatment on changes in the detachment force of the leaf and fruit AZs (a), and on the percentage of abscised fruits from the two fruit AZs (b) during 7 days after treatment. The location of each AZ is represented by a rectangle in the picture on the left. Error bars in graph (a) represent confidence intervals (p < 0.95). b. The two colored columns represent the percentage of fruits abscised from FAZ2 (black) or FAZ3 (red) as a function of days after ethephon treatment