Effects of deficit irrigation and kaolin application on vegetative growth and fruit traits of two early ripening apple cultivars

Table 5 Interaction of irrigation treatments (I₁ = 100%, I₂ = 85% and I₃ = 70% ETc), kaolin application (K₁ = 0%, K₂ = 3% and K₃ = 6%) and cultivars (Golab and Shafi Abadi) on chlorophyll index (CI), yield and water use efficiency (WUE)

Irrigation (I)	Kaolin (K)	CI		Yield (kg tree⁻¹)		WUE (kg m⁻³)
		Cultivar		Cultivar		Cultivar
		Golab	Shafi Abadi	Golab	Shafi Abadi	Golab	Shafi Abadi
I₁	K₁	38.73^d–g	46.90^a–c	28.00^gh	24.00^gh	2.35^hj	2.01^ij
	K₂	41.00^c–f	49.43^ab	42.00^c–f	22.33^gh	3.49^eh	1.85^j
	K₃	37.96^e–g	51.9^a	19.66 ^h	24.33^gh	1.61^j	2.03^ij
I₂	K₁	42.43^b–e	40.13^c–g	50.00^b	42.00^c–f	5.01^b–d	4.20^cf
	K₂	34.40^gf	47.23^a–c	72.66^a	27.66^gh	7.28^a	2.77^gj
	K₃	37.23^e–g	46.06^a–d	57.66^b	33.00^e–g	5.77^b	3.31^ei
I₃	K₁	22.8 ^h	33.33 ^g	46.00^b–c	30.00^f–h	5.7^4b	3.74^d–g
	K₂	24.96 ^h	38.90^d–g	34.66^d–g	20.33 ^h	4.33^ce	2.51^gj
	K₃	32.96 ^g	33.80^gf	42.66^c–e	23.33^gh	5.32^bc	2.91^fj

Means within columns for each trait followed by the same letters are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 level

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