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

Terg10 mL.L-1@60Bl

57.55 b

23.33 a

243.92 a

2.39 a

4.72 ab

Terg10 mL.L-1@80Bl

54.79 bc

23.39 a

236.11 a

2.33 a

5.84 a

Terg10 mL.L-1@100Bl

49.97 c

23.45 a

242.03 a

2.41 a

3.95 ab

Terg12.5 mL.L-1@100Bl

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.