The preferred orientation, or planar oscillation plane, of a golf club shaft is located by measuring the oscillation of the shaft when an impulse is applied. The SPI is extract from the data records and mask sequence values associated with the SPI are generated. Likewise the device switches between a telemacro mode and a normal mode. The blooming period is from April to November, and the flowering duration is long. Due to this, propagation of vibration can be suppressed and generation of noise reduced. The invention includes a cDNA, genomic clone and encoded protein, as well as plants having modified VLCFA composition, such as modified epicuticular waxes, and methods of making such plants.