Research Article

Morphological and Pomological Diversity of Fig (Ficus carica L.) Cultivars in Northwest of Tunisia

Table 3

Mean values and significance degree of differences between fig cultivars for branch characteristics.

CultivarTBL (mm)TBD (mm)TBL/TBDS1Y (mm)L1N1Y (mm)D1N1Y (mm)L2N1Y (mm)D2N1Y (mm)S2Y (mm)L1N2Y (mm)D1N2Y (mm)L2N2Y (mm)D2N2Y (mm)

ZD19.70def 5.271.82bcde 240.30a38.13a11.17bc 39.59a10.33abc 264.90a36.0514.38ab 39.06b 13.74ab
ZD27.73f5.331.46e166.65cd 24.27cde 13.61ab 21.67defgh 12.08a164.42bcd 30.2815.62a24.79bcd 15.41a
SAB8.57ef4.691.82bcde 125.29d15.19e7.69d 16.33fgh 6.51d131.00bcd 23.128. 27h18.52d 8.55fg
SAH8.30ef 5.311.58de 135.36cd 18.18cde 9.68cd 15.32gh 9.23bcd 144.83bcd 20.1711.43cde 20.58bcd 11.29cde
TAB11.29bcde 4.862.32a 157.08cd 22.76cde 8.32cd 19.01efgh 7.36de 152.32bcd 22.0010.11efgh 17.05d10.47def
TAK10.77cdef 5.152.12abc 169.80cd 18.64cde 9.03cd 19.94defgh 9.04bcd 122.24cd 18.6110.50efg 18.55d 10.22defg
NMR11.82bcd 5.921.98abcd 234.74ab 35.19ab 14.63a35.99ab 10.76ab 192.88b 27.0813.45bc 30.70abc 13.17bc
HMR13.07abc 5.952.29ab 164.16cd 23.68cde 9.13cd 23.65defgh 9.13bcd 172.96bc 24.2010.96def 27.44bcd 10.30defg
BHL15.15a6.482.33a181.04cd 20.44cde 10.44cd 25.70cdef 9.86bc 162.56bcd 28.0712.11cde 31.11abc 12.07bcd
WAH9.19def 5.091.80cde 155.29cd 25.03cde 8.75cd 26.73bcde 8.45cd 138.06bcd 30.078.99fgh 32.02ab 8.77fg
GRI11.15cde 5.182.14abc 169.08cd 24.32cde 9.82cd 24.28cdefg 9.90bc 145.97bcd 20.1510.14efgh 23.69bcd 10.37def
KNZ9.40def 5.251.80cde 187.30bc 26.62bcd 8.63cd 29.87bcd 9.12bcd 157.47bcd 26.478.38h 41.50a9.37efg
KRT9.72def 5.941.67cde 133.84cd 22.42cde 11.52bc 28.63bcde 10.41abc 127.76bcd 27.6712.65bcd 27.40bcd 11.86bcd
BKB10.03def 5.891.89abcde 147.82cd 17.46de 11.11bc 13. 81h10.03bc 122.07cd 22.6113.30bc 19.82cd 13.08bc
ZRG14.08ab 6.132.33a154.10cd 25.23cde 11.11bc 25.71cdef 10.72ab 147.05bcd 23.2313.07bcd 23.64bcd 13.04bc
BHR8.30ef 5.311.58de 161.59cd 18.18cde 9.68cd15.32gh 9.23bcd 144.83bcd 20.7012.67bcd 19.64cd 11.94bcd
FAW9.51def 4.542.10abc 151.43cd 27.78bc 7.73d33.77abc 6.62d 104.72d22.598.52gh 21.21bcd 8. 08g
F-value5.04**1.22NS3.93**3.12**4.03**3.82**6.15**5.76**3.42**1.72NS11.09**4.26**8.40**

Means in each column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at ๐‘ƒ < 0 . 0 5 according to Duncanโ€™s multiple range test.
โˆ— S ignificant at ๐‘ƒ < 0 . 0 5 ; โˆ— โˆ— s ignificant at ๐‘ƒ < 0 . 0 1 ; NS: nonsignificant; TBL: terminal bud length; TBD: terminal bud diameter; TBL/TBD: TBL/TBD ratio; S1Y: 1-year-old shoot length; L1N1Y: length of the 1st internode on S1Y; D1N1Y: diameter of the 1st internode on S1Y; L2N1Y: length of the 2nd internode on S1Y; D2N1Y: diameter of the 2nd internode on S1Y; S2Y: 2-year-old shoot length; L1N2Y: length of the 1st internode on S2Y; D1N2Y: diameter of the 1st internode on S2Y; L2N2Y: length of the 2nd internode on S2Y; D2N2Y: diameter of the 2nd internode on S1Y.