Table 2 The effect of irrigation levels (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 fruit infestation with worm in ʻGolabʼand ʻShafi-Abadiʼ apples

Irrigation treatments

 100% ETc

21.15^a ± 9.40

9.33^b ± 3.96

 85% ETc

8.29^c ± 1.65

12.22^a ± 4.93

 70% ETc

13.31^b ± 3.88

12.15^a ± 4.75

Kaolin

 0%

18.69^a ± 8.69

12.79^a ± 5.88

 1.5%

–

11.75^a ± 4.06

 3%

17.34^a ± 5.31

9.18^b ± 3.32

 6%

6.72^b ± 1.41

–

Cultivar

 Golab

18.48^a ± 8.25

18.75^a ± 3.39

 Shafi-Abadi

10.01^b ± 2.55

3.73^b ± 1.00