Irrigation and Crop Load Management Lessen Rain-Induced Cherry Cracking
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Water Status
2.2. Fruit Water Relations
2.3. Fruit Yield and Quality
2.4. Cracking Susceptibility
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Experimental Site, Plant Material and Treatments
4.2. Soil, Tree, and Fruit Water Status Measurements
4.3. Fruit Yield and Quality
4.4. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Yield (kg Tree−1) | n Fruit(n Fruit Tree−1) | FE (n Fruit cm−2 Trunk) | Double Fruit (%) | Cracked Fruit (%) | Cracking Index | WP (kg m−3) | |
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CTL33 | 8.13 b | 599 b | 2.35 b | 0.17 | 31.50 | 63.47 | 2.67 b |
CTL66 | 18.19 a | 1401 ab | 5.34 ab | 0.17 | 28.50 | 59.73 | 6.07 a |
CTL100 | 25.31 a | 1944 a | 7.04 a | 0.50 | 21.33 | 60.00 | 8.44 a |
ANOVA | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.025 | 0.492 | 0.412 | 0.153 | 0.004 |
DI33 | 8.91 b | 680 b | 2.40 b | 1.00 | 10.33 | 53.87 | 4.75 b |
DI66 | 20.06 ab | 1694 a | 6.09 ab | 0.83 | 4.83 | 50.67 | 10.70 ab |
DI100 | 27.52 a | 2351 a | 9.28 a | 1.33 | 9.83 | 49.07 | 14.68 a |
ANOVA | 0.007 | 0.004 | 0.019 | 0.911 | 0.354 | 0.092 | 0.007 |
CTL | 17.21 | 1304 | 4.91 | 0.28 | 27.11 | 61.07 | 5.73 |
DI | 18.83 | 1598 | 5.92 | 1.06 | 8.33 | 51.20 | 10.05 |
ANOVA | 0.695 | 0.412 | 0.550 | 0.094 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.033 |
Equatorial Diameter (mm) | Fresh Mass (g) | Dry Mass (g) | Relative Water Content (%) | Skin Color (hue°) | Soluble Solids Concentration (%) | Titratable Acidity (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CTL33 | 31.73 a | 13.40 | 3.14 | 77.59 | 17.05 | 21.57 | 0.99 |
CTL66 | 31.48 a | 13.01 | 2.94 | 78.43 | 21.98 | 20.50 | 0.94 |
CTL100 | 30.48 b | 13.06 | 2.75 | 78.79 | 19.78 | 18.93 | 0.91 |
ANOVA | 0.035 | 0.239 | 0.297 | 0.760 | 0.226 | 0.253 | 0.140 |
DI33 | 31.05 a | 13.14 a | 3.17 | 76.21 | 10.33 b | 24.83 | 1.19 a |
DI66 | 29.32 b | 11.82 b | 2.75 | 76.26 | 14.17 ab | 22.97 | 1.08 ab |
DI100 | 29.15 b | 11.70 b | 3.03 | 74.05 | 16.60 a | 22.30 | 0.99 b |
ANOVA | 0.014 | 0.016 | 0.482 | 0.706 | 0.047 | 0.089 | 0.045 |
CTL | 31.23 | 13.17 | 2.94 | 78.27 | 19.60 | 20.33 | 0.94 |
DI | 29.84 | 12.21 | 2.98 | 75.51 | 13.70 | 23.37 | 1.09 |
ANOVA | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.825 | 0.043 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.003 |
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Blanco, V.; Blaya-Ros, P.J.; Torres-Sánchez, R.; Domingo, R. Irrigation and Crop Load Management Lessen Rain-Induced Cherry Cracking. Plants 2022, 11, 3249. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11233249
Blanco V, Blaya-Ros PJ, Torres-Sánchez R, Domingo R. Irrigation and Crop Load Management Lessen Rain-Induced Cherry Cracking. Plants. 2022; 11(23):3249. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11233249
Chicago/Turabian StyleBlanco, Victor, Pedro J. Blaya-Ros, Roque Torres-Sánchez, and Rafael Domingo. 2022. "Irrigation and Crop Load Management Lessen Rain-Induced Cherry Cracking" Plants 11, no. 23: 3249. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11233249