From: Response of two seed-grown artichoke cultivars to GA3 and melatonin treatments
Treatments | Early yield | Total yield | |||
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No./plant | g/plant | No./plant | g/plant | ||
First season (2017/2018) | |||||
 Cultivars | |||||
  Imperial Star (IS) | 5.7 a | 1614 a | 20.6 a | 4130 a | |
  Romanesco (R) | 4.8 b | 1245 b | 18.7 b | 3460 b | |
 Foliar application | |||||
  Melatonin | 5.2ab | 1424 b | 19.6ab | 3800 b | |
  GA3 | 5.7 a | 1561 a | 20.7 a | 3999 a | |
  Control | 5.0 b | 1304 c | 18.8 b | 3587 c | |
 Interactions | |||||
  IS | Melatonin | 5.7 a | 1620 b | 20.2 b | 4091 b |
GA3 | 6.2 a | 1735 a | 21.9 a | 4385 a | |
Control | 5.3 a | 1486 c | 19.8bc | 3914 c | |
  R | Melatonin | 4.6 a | 1228 d | 18.9 c | 3508 d |
GA3 | 5.2 a | 1387 c | 19.5bc | 3612 d | |
Control | 4.7 a | 1221 d | 17.7 d | 3260 e | |
Second season (2018/2019) | |||||
 Cultivars | |||||
  Imperial Star (IS) | 6.5 a | 1729 a | 20.0 a | 4058 a | |
  Romanesco (R) | 5.0 b | 1284 b | 18.8 b | 3527 b | |
 Foliar application | |||||
  Melatonin | 5.8 a | 1532 a | 19.8 a | 3828 a | |
  GA3 | 6.1 a | 1601 a | 20.3 a | 3970 a | |
  Control | 5.4 b | 1387 b | 18.2 b | 3580 b | |
 Interactions | |||||
  IS | Melatonin | 6.8 a | 1790 a | 20.6 a | 4033 b |
GA3 | 6.9 a | 1800 a | 21.1 a | 4258 a | |
Control | 5.9 b | 1597 b | 18.3 a | 3883 b | |
  R | Melatonin | 4.8 d | 1274 d | 18.9 a | 3623 c |
GA3 | 5.3 c | 1401 c | 19.5 a | 3682 c | |
Control | 4.8 d | 1177 d | 18.1 a | 3276 d |