Table 1: Effect of blossom thinners on fruit set in 2016 and 2017 and yield and fruit quality attributes in 2016.

 

Blossom Thinner & Bloom Stagez

 

Fruit set

(No/100 flowers)

2016

Yield

(kg/tree)

2016

Avg. Fruit

weight

 (g)

2016

Fruit no

(per tree)

2016

Fruit

 color

(1-5)z

2016

Fruit russet

(%)

2016

2017

Un-treated Control

68.67 a

41.63 a

77.91 a

141.19 d

552 a

2.70 c

5.36 a

Terg7.5 mL.L-1@ 80%Bl

38.97 bc

2.49 c

77.56 a

157.17 c

493 a

3.28 b

2.58 a

Terg7. 5 mL.L-1@40&80%Bl

19.65 d

0.47 d

56.44 bc

180.11 ab

313 bc

3.60 ab

5.91 a

Terg10 mL.L-1@60%Bl

42.70 b

-

72.29 ab

157.52 c

446 ab

3.83 a

7.50 a

Terg10 mL.L-1@80%Bl

37.44 bc

4.51 c

76.18 a

156.91 c

486 a

3.98 a

3.33 a

Terg10 mL.L-1@ 40&80%Bl

14.22 d

0.02 d

52.43 c

190.09 a

276 c

4.04 a

6.06 a

Terg10 mL.L-1@100%Bl

34.60 c

-

84.49 a

166.04 bc

509 a

3.65 ab

4.17 a

Terg15 mL.L-1@ 80%Bl

16.64 d

-

76.87 a

181.43 ab

424 ab

3.93 a

7.50 a

Terg15 mL.L-1@100%Bl

17.44 d

-

72.72 ab

182.93 a

398 b

3.92 a

5.13 a

FO20 mL.L-1&LS25 mL.L-1@ 40&80%Bl

-

8.61 b

-

-

-

-

-

ATS LS20 mL.L-1@ 40&80%Bl

-

8.45 b

-

-

-

-

-

zFruit color ranking: 1 = green, progressively to 5 = uniform red.

 yMean separation within each column by LSD at 5% level.