Table 4: Effect of Tergitol TMN-6 on fruit set, yield, and fruit quality at harvest in 'Snow Giant' peach in 2016.
Treatment |
Fruit set (No./100 flowers) |
Yield (kg/tree) |
Fruit weight (g) |
Color (1-5) z |
Russet (%) |
Un-treated Control |
67.67 a y |
23.22 a |
216.85 b |
2.28 a |
1.39 b |
57.55 b |
23.33 a |
243.92 a |
2.39 a |
4.72 ab |
|
54.79 bc |
23.39 a |
236.11 a |
2.33 a |
5.84 a |
|
49.97 c |
23.45 a |
242.03 a |
2.41 a |
3.95 ab |
|
43.18 d |
22.05 a |
242.51 a |
2.43 a |
6.95 a |
zFruit color ranking: 1 = green, progressively to 5 = uniform red.
yMean separation within each column by LSD at 5% level.