Table 4 Effect of temperature, photoperiod and harvest day (day 26 and 39) on average tissue concentrations (mg/g DW) of non-structural carbohydrates (sugars and starch) in young plants of ‘Delizzimo’ strawberry.Values are means of three biological replicates with 5–6 plants each

12

10

Lamina

17.5

15.0

33.0

31.6

68.5

62.9

119.0

109.4

16.8

14.3

Petiole

11.1

10.7

46.6

47.4

37.9

30.7

95.6

88.8

26.9

25.1

Crown

13.2

13.7

26.9

27.0

28.7

30.7

68.7

71.4

92.2

80.2

Roots

21.8

21.1

28.0

29.2

29.1

31.1

78.9

81.4

106.3

135.1

Mean

15.9

15.1

33.6

33.8

41.0

38.8

90.6

87.7

60.6

63.7

20

Lamina

23.3

14.7

37.7

36.3

75.9

76.4

137.0

127.4

37.3

20.5

Petiole

21.2

10.7

64.6

69.6

42.5

37.8

128.3

118.1

25.5

22.3

Crown

22.6

14.1

27.5

29.6

34.4

36.5

84.5

80.2

67.4

61.9

Roots

14.1

13.5

28.9

27.1

29.9

28.1

73.0

68.7

94.1

105.7

Mean

20.3

13.2

39.7

40.6

45.7

44.7

105.7

98.6

56.1

52.6

19

10

Lamina

10.9

13.0

28.8

28.8

57.4

58.9

97.1

100.7

10.9

13.4

Petiole

12.7

25.2

44.1

55.9

32.8

33.8

89.5

114.9

13.5

24.4

Crown

8.9

16.7

26.6

26.6

27.5

31.1

62.9

74.4

17.7

46.2

Roots

10.5

14.0

26.2

26.3

22.8

28.0

59.5

68.3

25.2

108.5

Mean

10.7

17.2

31.4

34.4

35.1

38.0

77.2

89.6

16.8

48.9

20

Lamina

9.8

12.3

34.5

33.0

70.6

66.3

114.9

116.6

18.1

14.2

Petiole

11.7

13.9

61.0

72.7

39.7

42.7

112.4

129.3

18.2

22.7

Crown

12.3

25.2

29.0

29.6

33.7

39.4

75.0

94.2

22.6

36.7

Roots

10.3

10.9

22.5

23.9

16.9

23.6

49.7

58.5

21.0

47.0

Mean

11.0

15.6

36.8

39.8

40.2

43.0

88.0

98.4

19.4

30.2

26

10

Lamina

13.7

11.2

33.2

33.1

61.9

60.7

108.9

105.0

8.9

13.1

Petiole

11.0

12.9

55.8

65.9

39.7

40.0

106.4

118.7

11.3

13.3

Crown

11.5

14.1

32.5

26.6

41.0

36.7

85.0

77.4

15.9

34.4

Roots

8.5

11.1

23.6

26.6

18.3

24.0

50.4

61.6

12.4

34.6

Mean

11.2

12.3

36.3

38.0

40.2

40.3

87.7

90.7

12.2

23.8

20

Lamina

12.4

11.7

34.5

34.9

63.6

60.9

110.5

107.5

11.7

13.3

Petiole

14.5

11.6

55.1

66.2

39.8

41.0

109.4

118.8

17.8

15.7

Crown

32.2

13.9

27.0

31.8

34.9

43.1

94.1

88.8

34.0

27.7

Roots

11.4

9.7

21.6

22.8

17.9

18.6

50.9

51.1

11.4

13.1

Mean

17.6

11.7

34.6

38.9

39.0

40.9

91.2

91.5

18.7

17.4

Probability level of significance (ANOVA)

 Source of variation

 Temperature(A)

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.004

n.s

< 0.001

n.s

< 0.001

n.s

< 0.001

< 0.001

  Photoperiod (B)

0.001

0.036

0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.041

< 0.001

0.016

n.s

< 0.001

  Plant Fraction (C)

0.001

0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  A x B

0.003

n.s

< 0.001

0.009

< 0.001

0.05

< 0.001

0.043

0.003

0.002

  A x C

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  B x C

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

< 0.001

  A x B x C

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.037

< 0.001

0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001