Table 4. Fructification characteristics according to pruning intensity.
Year | Treatments (Number of FBMS) | Number of FBSz/FBMS (ea) | Number of flower/FBS (ea) | Number of fruit/FBS (ea) | Fruiting rate (%) |
2018 | 200 | 2.6y | 2.1 | 0.9b | 49.7b |
300 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.6ab | 30.4a |
400 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.8ab | 39.5ab |
700 (Control) | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.5a | 30.9a |
Mean | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 37.8 |
p-value | .725 | .119 | .017 | .046 |
2019 | 300 | 3.1c | 2.4 | 1.8 | 73.3 |
400 | 2.6bc | 2.3 | 2.0 | 84.8 |
500 | 2.4ab | 2.6 | 2.0 | 76.8 |
700 (Control) | 2.0a | 2.3 | 1.9 | 83.0 |
Mean | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 78.8 |
p-value | .001 | .206 | .547 | .124 |
Abbreviation: FBS(Fruit bearing shoots), FBMS(Fruit bearing mother shoot)
Mean separation by Duncan’s multiple range test, P≤0.05