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Seeds, Rootstocks & BreedingWhy retain zero-yield trees when summarizing a mango rootstock trial?
A living tree that produces no crop has a meaningful outcome, not a missing yield measurement. Include its zero in the appropriate treatment summary and record whether flowering or fruit retention failed. Keep genuinely missing observations separate. Averaging only bearing trees exaggerates production and can conceal differences in the proportion of trees that actually contribute to harvest.