Influence of rootstocks on growth, yield, fruit quality and leaf mineral element contents of pear cv. ‘Santa Maria’ in semi-arid conditions

Table 1 Some quality characteristics of “Santa Maria” fruit, as influenced by rootstocks (2012-2013)

Rootstock	Average fruit weight	Average fruit volume	Fruit flesh firmness (lb)	SSC	TA
	(g)	(cm³)		(%)	(%)
Pear seedling	265.49	291.20	18.98b	15.60a	0.20c
BA 29	277.55	301.63	21.32a	14.60b	0.26a
MA	279.20	316.80	20.76a	14.90ab	0.24ab
MC	290.37	325.80	19.47ab	15.25ab	0.22bc
Significance	ns	Ns	*	**	**

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