Influence of Tree Age and Variety on Allometric Characteristics and Water Use of Mangifera indica L. Growing in Plantation
Table 2
Stem diameter (SD), bark thickness (BT), basal area (BA), and sapwood area (SWA) of the six gauged mango trees of different age group and three gauged mango trees of different variety.
(a) Age group experiment, site I.
Age (years)
Variety
SD (cm)
BT (cm)
BA (cm2)
#SWA (cm2)
2
Palmer
3.9
0.2
11.9
9.2
4
Palmer
11.3
0.5
100.3
83.3
8
Palmer
17.2
1.2
232.4
171.5
11
Palmer
34.5
1.4
934.8
559.6
17
Palmer
56.2
1.2
2480.6
927.2
33
Palmer
66.0
2.0
3421.2
1071.3
(b) Variety group experiment, site II.
Age (years)
Variety
SD (cm)
BT (cm)
BA (cm2)
#SWA (cm2)
5
Palmer
11.5
0.5
103.0
85.4
5
Haden
12.2
0.8
116.9
86.2
5
Keitt
12.0
0.8
113.1
84.2
#SWA for trees >4 years old is estimated with procedure outline in Lu et al. [1].
