Table 2 Measurements of flower color in ‘Changshouguan’ under different treatments.

From: Morphological and physiological investigations reveal the regulatory effect of exogenous paclobutrazol on flowering promotion by winter warming in Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Changshouguan’

Treatment

RHSCC

L*

a*

b*

CK

43-C

45.9 ± 0.2a

38.9 ± 0.3a

29.4 ± 0.4a

A1

43-C

43.6 ± 1.1a

31.3 ± 0.8b

19.6 ± 1.1b

A2

43-A

42.9 ± 2.8a

31.0 ± 2.0b

20.3 ± 1.1b

A3

39-B

43.6 ± 1.8a

30.7 ± 1.9b

18.5 ± 2.3b

  1. CK: independent warming treatment group; A1: 1000 mg/L PP333 spraying + warming treatment group; A2: 1500 mg/L PP333 + warming treatment group; A3: 2000 mg/L PP333 + warming treatment group. RHSCC: royal horticultural society color chart. L*: luminosity axis; a*: red/green axis; b*: yellow/blue axis. Values are presented as mean ± SE (n = 3). Different letters reflect significant differences among different treatments (p  < 0.05).