Table 6 Plant growth, yield and cone chemistry traits assessed over two seasons of the hop cultivation process

Plant growth

Number of shoots

Number of shoots at emergence

Count

1049

108

11

x^0.5

5.51

1049

108

24

none

7.42

Length of the longest shoot

Length of longest shoot at emergence

Centimetres

965

108

11

x^0.5

51.41

823

108

24

x^0.5

11.67

Number of nodes on the longest shoot

Number of nodes on shoot of maximal length

Count

965

108

11

none

7.11

823

108

24

x^0.5

2.99

Height (at flower initiation)

Height of bine from ground to top of 6 m trellis, assessed at flower initiation

Metres

1046

108

13

none

3.68

1047

108

25

none

5.10

Height (mid-season)

Height of bine from ground to top of 6 m trellis, assessed between flowering and cone maturity

Metres

976

108

14

none

4.45

1047

108

26

none

5.68

Height (at cone maturity)

Height of bine from ground to the top of 6 m trellis, assessed at cone maturity

Metres

1042

108

16

none

4.53

1039

108

28

none

4.54

Hateral length

Hength of lateral at shoulder height

Centimetres

1012

108

16

x^0.5

48.22

982

108

28

x^0.5

44.81

Number of nodes on lateral

Number of nodes on same lateral measured for lateral length

Count

1006

108

16

x^0.5

6.55

1007

108

28

x^0.5

6.56

Internode length

Length of 3^rd internode from main bine, on same lateral measured for lateral length

Centimetres

231

78

16

x^0.5

17.41

339

96

28

x^0.5

26.86

Height to the cones

Height of bine from ground up to where bulk of cones began

Metres

663

108

16

none

1.74

588

108

28

none

1.75

Yield

Green cone weight

Fresh weight of cones per plant

Grams

204

107

28

x^0.5

1.02

Cone chemistry

Cohumulone

Cohumulone

% dry weight

397

108

16

x^0.5

2.71

208

107

28

x^0.5

2.50

Humulone + adhumulone

Humulone + adhumulone

% dry weight

397

108

16

x^0.5

6.41

208

107

28

x^0.5

5.34

Colupulone

Colupulone

% dry weight

397

108

16

x^0.5

2.31

208

107

28

x^0.5

2.51

Lupulone + adlupulone

Lupulone + adlupulone

% dry weight

397

108

16

x^0.5

2.16

208

107

28

x^0.5

2.17

α-acid

Cohumulone + humulone + adhumulone

% dry weight

397

108

16

none

9.12

208

107

28

x^0.5

7.84

β-acid

Colupulone + lupulone + adlupulone

% dry weight

397

108

16

x^0.5

4.48

208

107

28

x^0.5

4.69

Cohumulone (% of α-acid)

Cohumulone/α-acid

% dry weight

397

108

16

x^0.5

0.30

208

107

28

x^0.5

0.32

α-acid:β-acid

α-acid/β-acid

Ratio

397

108

16

x^0.5

2.21

208

107

28

x^0.74

1.80

α-acid:total resin

α-acid/(α-acid + β-acid)

Ratio

397

108

16

x^0.5

0.67

208

107

28

x^0.5

0.62