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

BMC Plant Biology

Table 2 Fruit development phenotypic traits of Camellia oleifera ‘Huashuo’ and ‘Huajin’ cultivars

Cultivars	Periods	Fruit weight (FW) / g	Fresh seed weight (FSW) / g	Dry seed wight (DSW) / g	Fresh seed kernel weight (FKW) / g	Dry seed kernel weight (DKW) / g	Seed water content (SWC) / %	Seed kernel water content (KWC) / %
Camellia oleifera ‘Huashuo’	July	18.11 ± 2.15 Bc	2.28 ± 0.50 Bc	0.30 ± 0.08 Ad	1.15 ± 0.32 Bc	0.07 ± 0.02 Ad	86.94 ± 1.05 Aa	94.70 ± 1.54 Aa
	August	48.47 ± 4.08 Ab	15.75 ± 3.38 Ab	2.12 ± 0.54 Bc	7.58 ± 1.59 Ab	0.56 ± 0.14 Bc	86.63 ± 0.65 Aa	92.64 ± 0.40 Aa
	September	54.36 ± 6.26 Ab	24.35 ± 2.67 Aa	6.40 ± 1.31 Ab	15.03 ± 2.09 Aa	2.10 ± 0.28 Bb	73.24 ± 6.65 Ab	86.04 ± 0.31 Ab
	October	63.67 ± 5.52 Aa	25.20 ± 5.12 Aa	9.63 ± 1.05 Aa	16.40 ± 2.23 Aa	4.02 ± 0.50 Ba	60.38 ± 10.02 Ac	75.15 ± 4.16 Ac
Camellia oleifera ‘Huajin’	July	27.30 ± 1.62 Ab	7.40 ± 0.99 Ac	1.00 ± 0.18 Ad	5.00 ± 0.78 Ac	0.53 ± 0.13 Ac	86.47 ± 1.80 Aa	89.44 ± 1.66 Ba
	August	40.33 ± 7.35 Aa	14.40 ± 3.87 Ab	4.50 ± 1.10 Ac	9.49 ± 2.39 Ab	1.85 ± 0.56 Ac	66.15 ± 14.06 Bb	78.92 ± 8.98 Bb
	September	43.17 ± 4.81 Ba	16.08 ± 1.52 Bb	7.39 ± 3.48 Ab	10.32 ± 4.65 Bb	3.77 ± 1.72 Ab	53.03 ± 10.11 Bb	63.48 ± 2.82 Bc
	October	46.62 ± 5.32 Ba	20.34 ± 3.42 Ba	10.47 ± 1.84 Aa	14.54 ± 2.54 Aa	6.23 ± 1.32 Aa	48.49 ± 2.55 Bb	57.21 ± 3.28 Bc

Data are represented as the mean values ± SE (n = 5). 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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