Effect of biostimulant treatments on blossoming, initial and final fruit set percentage, and yield of ‘Pricia’ apricot cultivar trees in 2016 and 2017 seasons.

Table 3: Effect of biostimulant treatments on blossoming, initial and final fruit set percentage, and yield of 'Pricia' apricot cultivar trees in 2016 and 2017 seasons.

Treatment	Flowering (%)			Initial fruit set (%)		Final fruit set (%)		Yield per tree (kg per tree)
	2016	2017	2016		2017	2016	2017		2016	2017
Control	45.9 ± 6.1	91.1 ± 9.0	3.0 ± 1.2b		35.0 ± 5.0b	1.3 ± 0.4c	13.9 ± 0.9		10.3 ± 1.4b	45.2 ± 2.3
Hendophyt^®	47.0 ± 5.1	90.2 ± 8.1	4.3 ± 1.3ab		39.0 ± 4.8ab	3.6 ± 0.3a	14.0 ± 0.8		13.4 ± 1.0a	46.3 ± 2.5
Ergostim^®	47.0 ± 5.0	89.2 ± 6.9	5.0 ± 0.9a		45.0 ± 4.1a	3.0 ± 0.3a	15.0 ± 0.7		13.1 ± 1.1a	48.2 ± 2.7
Radicon^®	50.0 ± 5.9	91.2 ± 7.2	6.0 ± 1.0a		47.0 ± 1.4a	2.3 ± 0.3b	15.5 ± 0.7		12.4 ± 1.2ab	44.2 ± 2.9
Mean	47.5 ± 5.5B	90.4 ± 7.8A	4.6 ± 1.1B		41.5 ± 3.8A	2.6 ± 0.3B	14.4 ± 0.8A		12.0 ± 1.1B	46.5 ± 2.6A

Means ± Std. dev. within a column followed by different lowercase letter is significantly different (P < 0.05). Also, different capital letters indicate significant difference (P < 0.05) between year averages. Columns without letters means there were no significant differences between means.