Comparative study on fruit development and oil synthesis in two cultivars of Camellia oleifera

BMC Plant Biology

Table 1 The fruit shape index of Camellia oleifera ‘Huashuo’ and ‘Huajin’ cultivars

Cultivars	Periods	Lateral diameter / mm	Longitudinal diameter / mm	Fruits shape index
Camellia oleifera ‘Huashuo’	July	29.18 ± 1.84 Bd	25.69 ± 3.78 Bc	1.15 ± 0.11 Ab
	August	41.50 ± 2.66 Ac	34.68 ± 2.52 Bb	1.20 ± 0.06 Aab
	September	45.45 ± 3.10 Ab	37.99 ± 2.19 Ba	1.20 ± 0.04 Aab
	October	49.01 ± 3.79 Aa	39.56 ± 2.78 Ba	1.24 ± 0.07 Aa
Camellia oleifera ‘Huajin’	July	33.62 ± 3.62 Ac	40.65 ± 3.40 Ad	0.83 ± 0.07 Bb
	August	39.13 ± 2.81 Bb	43.41 ± 2.60 Ac	0.90 ± 0.04 Ba
	September	39.78 ± 2.43 Bab	45.95 ± 2.85 Ab	0.87 ± 0.07 Bab
	October	41.62 ± 3.51Ba	49.06 ± 2.94 Aa	0.85 ± 0.08 Bb

Data are represented as the mean values ± standard error (SE; n = 15). Different uppercase and lowercase letters indicate significant differences (P ≤ 0.05; Duncan’s multiple range tests) between cultivars and periods, respectively

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