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Table 1 Interaction of irrigation treatments (100%, 85% and 70% ETc), with kaolin application (0%, 3% and 6%) in 2017 and (0%, 1.5% and 3%) in 2018 and cultivar on some physical properties of ʻGolabʼand ʻShafi-Abadiʼ apples

From: Influence of kaolin application on most important fruit and leaf characteristics of two apple cultivars under sustained deficit irrigation

Treatments

2017

2018

Fruit length (cm)

Fruit firmness (kg/cm2)

Fruit length (cm)

 

ʻGolabʼ

ʻShafi-Abadiʼ

ʻGolabʼ

ʻShafi-Abadiʼ

100% ETc

 0% Kaolin

3.50d,e,f ± 0.03

4.27a,b ± 0.01

6.27bc ± 0.39

3.65c,d,e ± 0.03

4.39a ± 0.13

 1.5% Kaolin

–

–

–

4.26a,b ± 0.04

3.78c,d,e ± 0.16

 3% Kaolin

3.44e,f ± 0.13

4.38ab ± 0.11

6.81b ± 0.31

4.27a,b ± 0.23

3.59c,d,e ± 0.15

 6% Kaolin

3.46d,e,f ± 0.04

4.60a ± 0.16

5.91c,d ± 0.23

–

–

85% ETc

 0% Kaolin

3.77c,d,e ± 0.11

4.05b,c ± 0.15

5.62d ± 0.30

3.84b,c,d,e ± 0.01

4.31a,b ± 0.19

 1.5% Kaolin

–

–

–

3.71c,d,e ± 0.16

3.54d,e ± 0.14

 3% Kaolin

3.64d,e ± 0.05

4.28a,b ± 0.06

5.92cd ± 0.20

3.96a,b,c,d ± 0.07

3.78c,d,e ± 0.03

 6% Kaolin

4.21b ± 0.17

4.07b,c ± 0.02

6.70b ± 0.62

–

–

70% ETc

 0% Kaolin

3.50d,e,f ± 0.01

3.79c,d ± 0.05

6.45b,c ± 0.53

4.03a,b,c ± 0.07

3.56c,d,e ± 0.13

 1.5% Kaolin

–

–

–

3.76c,d,e ± 0.19

3.64c,d,e ± 0.23

 3% Kaolin

3.76c,d,e ± 0.11

3.29f ± 0.09

7.44a ± 0.67

3.47e ± 0.16

3.50d,e ± 0.04

 6% Kaolin

3.70d,e ± 0.11

4.32a,b ± 0.20

6.55b ± 0.38

–

–

 

Fruit Firmness (kg/cm2)

   

Treatments

100% ETc

85% ETc

70% ETc

   

2017

6.54a ± 0.36

5.77b ± 0.25

6.94a ± 0.63

   

2018

4.70c ± 0.45

5.11b,c ± 0.33

5.30b,c ± 0.24

   
  1. Means within each column for each treatment followed by the same letters are not significantly different at P < 0.05