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 |
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Un-treated Control |
68.67 a |
41.63 a |
77.91 a |
141.19 d |
552 a |
2.70 c |
5.36 a |
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 |
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.