Table 2: Effect of Tergitol TMN-6 on Fruit Set, Yield, and Fruit Quality in 'Zee Lady' Peach in 2016.

 

Treatment

Thinned fruit on ground

( %)

Fruit set

(Fruit no/100 flowers)

Yield (kg/tree)

Fruit russet

(%)

Avg. fruit weight

(g)

Fruit number

(No/tree)

Fruit color (1-5) z

Fruit russet

(%)

 

Fruit russet

(%)

Un-treated Control

81.00 a y

43.58 a

23.12 a

2.14 a

191.52 ab

121 a

3.38 a

2.14 a

 

 

Terg10 mL.L-1@60Bl

50.3 b

26.10 b

30.36 a

1.43 a

19.86 a

153 a

3.50 a

1.43 a

Terg10 mL.L-1@80Bl

42.67 c

16.25 c

24.84 a

0.01 a

194.81 a

128 a

3.60 a

0.01 a

Terg10 mL.L-1@100Bl

48.33 bc

26.00 b

23.46 a

0.00 a

199.93 a

117 a

3.30 a

0.01 a

Terg12.5 mL.L-1@100Bl

52.80 b

15.99 c

23.46 a

1.43 a

186.80 b

126 a

3.65 a

1.43 a

zFruit color ranking: 1 = green, progressively to 5 = uniform red.
yMean separation within each column by LSD at 5% level.