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Table 3.17. Effect of extraneous matter on fibre % cane in four cane varieties of three ages (using data in Tables 3.8.-3.10).
R 579 R 570 M 1557/70 M 1400/86
Replicates and mean 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
52 weeks Initial Fibre % cane 7.40 7.15 6.38 5.56 7.80 8.20 8.46 7.93 8.28 7.55 8.80 8.46
Dry leaf % gross cane 2.40 4.95 6.12 6.36 8.00 3.91 3.41 4.53 5.36 8.30 5.51 3.44
Total fibre % cane 8.91 9.94 9.90 9.13 11.59 10.37 10.18 9.98 11.16 11.94 12.00 10.05
Increase 1.51 2.79 3.52 3.57 3.79 2.17 1.72 2.05 2.88 4.39 3.20 1.59
Prediction* 1.37 2.83 3.50 3.64 4.58 2.24 1.95 2.59 3.07 4.75 3.15 1.97
Green leaf % gross cane 11.76 12.46 17.37 17.84 19.90 14.67 12.38 22.63 17.52 10.64 15.01 10.48
Total fibre % cane 9.61 9.33 8.91 8.80 10.89 10.30 10.45 11.66 11.08 9.07 11.53 10.36
Increase 2.21 2.17 2.53 3.24 3.08 2.10 1.99 3.73 2.79 1.52 2.73 1.91
Prediction* 1.55 1.64 2.29 2.36 2.63 1.94 1.63 2.99 2.31 1.40 1.98 1.38
44 weeks Initial Fibre % cane 8.15 7.66 7.11 9.81 9.94 10.66 9.83 10.81 8.51 9.03 9.10 9.37
Dry leaf % gross cane 9.82 15.94 9.63 8.96 9.55 13.31 12.65 13.61 11.09 11.81 11.99 9.17
Total fibre % cane 10.52 13.41 10.62 12.71 13.15 14.25 12.34 13.54 12.12 12.25 13.81 12.41
Increase 2.37 5.76 3.51 2.90 3.21 3.59 2.51 2.73 3.61 3.22 4.71 3.03
Prediction* 5.62 9.12 5.51 5.12 5.46 7.61 7.24 7.79 6.34 6.76 6.86 5.25
Green leaf % gross cane 20.78 17.92 11.85 13.54 18.81 18.57 15.20 20.50 18.60 17.05 13.28 15.96
Total fibre % cane 10.67 10.22 8.82 11.59 12.15 12.73 11.63 13.60 10.65 11.72 11.09 11.81
Increase 2.52 2.56 1.70 1.79 2.20 2.08 1.81 2.80 2.14 2.68 1.99 2.44
Prediction* 2.74 2.37 1.56 1.79 2.48 2.45 2.01 2.71 2.46 2.25 1.75 2.11
36 weeks Initial Fibre % cane 7.58 6.45 8.80 10.46 11.09 10.28 8.68 10.50 8.73 8.10 9.91 8.23
Dry leaf % gross cane 11.52 7.01 5.71 9.22 7.87 5.93 8.19 6.12 5.34 8.22 5.39 11.08
Total fibre % cane 13.76 10.54 11.70 15.65 15.69 13.61 12.82 13.34 11.77 13.23 12.81 14.61
Increase 6.18 4.09 2.90 5.19 4.61 3.33 4.14 2.84 3.04 5.13 2.89 6.38
Prediction* 6.59 4.01 3.27 5.27 4.50 3.39 4.69 3.50 3.06 4.70 3.08 6.34
Green leaf % gross cane 14.12 15.12 22.12 26.52 20.00 15.90 22.25 22.28 20.00 19.08 16.63 21.51
Total fibre % cane 9.94 9.05 11.74 14.75 14.20 12.62 11.78 13.19 12.11 12.08 12.20 12.13
Increase 2.36 2.60 2.94 4.29 3.11 2.34 3.10 2.69 3.38 3.98 2.28 3.89
Prediction* 1.86 2.00 2.92 3.50 2.64 2.10 2.94 2.94 2.64 2.52 2.20 2.84
* Values predicted from the linear equation given in Fig 2.9.
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