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Texas, USA 2010 - International Herbage Seed Group

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Relative seed yield (%)Flowers/m22502001501005000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Weeks from 1st DecFigure 1. Weekly flower counts for time of harvest trial at Leeston cv Riesling (peak 5 Jan).Combined data using weeks three to seven from peak flowering showed a linear increase(R 2 =0.97) in seed yield, with relative yield increasing at 9% per week between three and sevenweeks after peak flowering (Figure 2).100908070605040y = 9.4314x + 34.334R 2 = 0.9730<strong>2010</strong>02 3 4 5 6 7Weeks after peak floweringFigure 2. Combined data for seed yield (relative to an adjacent trial) and five harvest dates for weeks 3 to7 past peak flowering.174

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